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TIMES
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VOL. XXIII NO. 290.
RAILROAD BILL SENT
TO PRESIDENT; LABOR
WILL CARRY ON FIGHT
Wilson Will First Look into
: the Legal Phases of the
Measure as Passed by
j4he Senate Late Yester
day, and Orders Bill Sent
2: to Department of Justice.
VETO WILL BE
SOUGHT BY OR
GANIZED LABOR
The Railroads Also Oppose
Part of Bill Because It
Provides for Tri-Partite
Labor Boards, Whereas
;. They Desire to Return to
the Old Method of Ne
gotiation. Washington, D. C, Feb. 24. Threats
of a break in the affiliated railroad
employes' organizations militated to
day against immediate solution of the
questions before the representatives of
the 2,000,000 rail workers conferring
here on President Wilson's proposal
for a settlement of their wage de
mands. Because of the wide divergence of
views, held by the committeemen called
to Washington to consider the White
House policy, executives of the organ
izations admitted that they did not
know whether they could hold the
strength they had gained when it was
agreed 10 days ago that the organiza
tions should affiliate to consider the
proposal.
Tn every conference, it was said, de
mands for an appeal to the president
to veto the railroad bill continued to
prow more insistent. The leaders,
therefore, were confronted with the j
task of explaining to the local chair- j
men the basic reasons for their tenta
tive acceptance of the president's plan,
while the latter were bitterly attack
ing the government's general policy
and the manner in which it had dealt
with the wage controversy.
The lenders also were forced to com
bat moves of radical elements in sev
eral directions. They said these might
take definite form at any time.
That the general committeemen are
not by any means united in favor of
the president's proposition was indicat
ed by private discussions among the
executives as to courses of action in
' event the plan is rejected.
K. J. Manion, president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Telegraphers, was
said to have suggested that the whole
controversy be referred to the general
membership. This proposal has not
gained headway among the other ex
ecutives, it was said, but it serves to
indicate the trend of thought of the
leaders.
, President Wilson will not act imme
diately on the compromise railroad bill
as pahsed yesterday by the Senate, 47
to 17. It was announced at the White
House to-day that the president had
directed that the measure be referred
to the department of justice as soon as
It reached the White House from Con
gress. The executive has 10 days in which
to pass on the act before it can be
come a law without his signature. It
is generally expected that he will be
ttrged by representatives of the rail
road brotherhoods and organized labor
fienerally to veto the bill because of its
abor and other provisions.
The railroads oppose this section be
cause it provides for tri partite labor
boards, whereas they desire to return
to the old method of negotiation and
decision by representatives of the work
ers and the railroads.
Haw the Senate Voted.
Thirty-two Republicans joined with
15 Democrats in voting fur adoption
of the conference report, while three
Republicans and 14 Democrats com
prised the 17 voting against it. There
as never any doubt as to what the
Senate would do in view of the wide
margin by which the Cummins bill,
snore drastic than the compromise
measure, was passed. That bill will go
immediately to President Wilson and
the general pinion around the Capitol
M that he would sign it, although
labor leaders will urge its veto.
- Those voting for the conference re
port were:
Republicans Mall, Brandegee, Calder,
Capper. Colt. Cummins, Curtis. Klkins.
Fernald, Frelingbnvson, Hale, .Tones of
Washington. Kellogg, Kcnyon, Keyes,
lenror, Lodue, Mclean, McNary, Nel
son, New, Page, Phipps, Poindexter.
Nmoot. Spencer. Sterling, Sutherland,
Townsend. Wdworth, Warren and
Watson. Total Republicans for, 31
Demorrats Rockham. Fletcher, tiny.
Class. Mcver. Phelan, I'omerene. Kans
dell. Kobinn,j Shields, Smith of
Oeorcia. Smith of Marvland. I'nder-
wond. Wa'sh of Montana and Williams
Total IVroocrats for, 15.
Total for .adaption, 47.
Tho voting against the report
were: RetHihlnans. ll-iri.h. Frinrr and
t.roona. Total Hef.uh!i,n seain-l. X
Ilemorrat Ahurt. Hh1. tlore. Har
ris. Harriii. Jon-n f Son'h ltakota.
.1 iw of New Milk's. K:nc. M'Kei'sr.
ni. rhvmjn. Pittmaa. ts'ie-mard
and Trammel. Total Democrat
ajminst. 14.
TVal ajsm-t ad .-irtjsi. 17.
Troe r.rd fo"' ' : ilankhcad f.,r
w.th Culberson a"sir.-t: McCormUk for
with Henderson against; Dillingham
for with Kwanson against; Fall for
with Kendrick against; Simmons for
with Kirby against; McCumber for
with La Follctte against; Harding for
with Walsh of Massachusetts against;
Edge for with Owen against.
Announcement was made that if
Senators Hitchcock, Nebraska; Stan
ley, Kentucky, and Chamberlain, Ore
gon, all Democrats, had been present
they would have voted in support of
the conference report.
"RED" VICTORIES
ON THE WATER
Battleship and Seven Ic Breakers are
Reported by Them to Have
Been Captured.
London, Feb. 24. The capture of
ice-breaking and other naval craft by
the. red forces wWh are overrunning
the. Archangel and Murmansk sections
in North Russia is reported in a soviet
communique received from Moscow to
day. Tho statement reads:
"According to supplementary infor
mation from Archangel our troops cap
tured the battleship (!) of the Chesnia
river flotilla and two heavy and rive
light ice breakers.
"The enemy is bombarding Chenit
chesk (sea of Azov) from the sea.
"Fierce lighting is continuing around
Rostov and Nakhitchoven (on the
Don).
"Red troops have captured the forti
fications of Oulitch."
N WILL SHUN "RUSSIA.
Until "Bolshevists" Horrors Have Come
to an End. .
London, Feb. 24. The allies will de
cline to deal with soviet Russia "until
they have arrived at the conviction
that the bolshevists' horrors have come
to an end," it was announced after a
meeting of the allied supreme council
to-day.
The decision of the supreme council,
it was recognized, precludes diplomatic
relations between the allied govern
ments and the Moscow administration
in the immediate future.
The council expressed itself as
pleaded that the international labor
bureau had decided to send a delega
tion to Russia to study conditions, but
it stated its belief that supervision of
the delegation should be under the
council 'f-the league of nation", giving
the Investigators greater nuinoriiy.
The council, it was stated, decided
that the allies could not accept the re
sponsibility of advising the border
states to continue war against the bol-
sheviki, which course by such states
might be injurious to the'r interests.
If the bolshcviki attack within the ter
ritory of the border states, however,
the allies promise "every possible sup
port." RHODE ISLAND SUIT
TO BE HEARD MARCH 8
All the Issues Involved Will Be Ar
gued and Decision Is Expected
This Term.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 24. Argu
ments on the government's motion to
dismiss the original suit instituted by
Rhode Island to test the constitution
ality of the federal prohibition consti
tutional amendment will be heard in
the supreme court on March 8 Assist
ant Attorney Oiyeral Frierson and So
licitor (icneral King will appear for the
government.
While the suit will be heard on the
motion to dismiss, all the issues in
volved will be argued, Mr. Frierson paid
to day, and the entire case submitted
upon its merits to court. A decision
at this term is expected by court offi
cials. POUND STERLING RALLIED,
After Having Taken a Decided Slump
at Opening.
New York. Feb. 24. The rate on de
mand bills for the Englihh pound ster
ling dropped 5"4 cents here today,
opening prices being IS.S.VJ.
Franc checks opened at the rate of
14.30 for the American dollar, off r6
centimes, and lire checks were quoted
at 18.40, down 45 centimes. The tier
man mark was quoted at 1.05 cents.
At the end of the first hour, demand
sterling had rallied to ('.3'z up 3'i
cents from the opening, and cables
were $3.3!"4.
ANTI-ANARCHIST WARNING.
Proposed to Tell When Reds Leave One
Country for Another.
Buenos Aires, Feb. 23. Information
concerning anarchistic activities, both
for individual and for collective action
by the reds and mutual warnings when
persons known to be agitators leave
one country for another, will be fur
nished s the result of the adoption of
resolutions at the South American po
lice congress here to-day.
Too Much in Evidence.
Mrs. Simon Pure Such an immoje-t
display.
ll'T Husband
It
is a rather M-antv
skirt.
Mrs. Pur I wasn't !k:n2 at the
skirt. But she 'ia arranged her hair so
as to rpi Cie greater part f her
ears. Washington.
?r'or Sex.
! "I ri'li't wart turrit;
ie -von -n.
j know thejtc all i.ht."
-Wc'l?'.'
I 'P.i-t vein nuer see
a ;var "'y a
"v.re If in e i. r a h.
k-i -JtHarujl.
." Lj'iioi ilii- eVur-
COURT EXEMPTS
A GERMAN SHIP
In Signing Formal Order
of Injunction to Pre
vent the Sale
SWANEE EXCLUDED
FROM THE ACTION
U.
S. Shipping Board May
Take a Special Ap
peal Later
Washington, D. C, Feb. 24. Asso
ciate Justine Bailey of the district su
preme court to-day signed the formal
order of injunction against the ship
ping board to prevent the sale of 20
former (Jerman lines. The court con
sented to the request of the shipping
board that the ship Swanee, which has
been sold for $2,000,000, be excluded
from the order of injunction.
William f Randolph Hearst, who
brought the proceedings, furnished a
bond of $10,000 to indemnify the ship
ping board against loss.
No notification of an appeal was
civen by counsel for the shipping
board, but it was said that a special.
appeal might be taken later.
HASTENING PAYMENT
OF FRENCH WAR TAX
Will Also Hurry Up Liquidation of
... Pensions to Sol
diers. Paris, Feb. 24. Frederick Francois
Marsal, minister of finance, described
at this morning's cabinet , meeting
measures he is taking to hasten the
payment of tax on war profits. Presi
dent Deehanel signed a decree making
the importation of frozen meat free
after June 1.
Proposals by Andre Maginot, minis
ter of pensions, for facilitating and has
tening the liquidation of pensions to
soldiers who were permanently injured
during the war, were discussed and ap
proved. Later the cabinet discussed
the proposed amnesty bill.
CANDY ON MENUS.
Prohibition is Credited with New Sit
natioa in New York Hotels.
New York, Feb. 24. Chocolates, lion
bons and other candies have been added
to the menus of many leading New
York hotels and the change is credited
to prohibition. "Candy sales have more
than quadrupled in the last few
months,'.' one manager said to-day.
"Nearly everybody asks for candy as
part of their luncheon and dinner or
ders, and many have candy served with
their breakfast."
SOCIALISTS PREDOMINATE.
In the Seine Delegation to National
Congress at Strasbourg.
Paris, Feb. 24 Socialists of the mot
extreme faction are in the majority on
the delegation sent from the Seine fed
eration to the national congress to be
held at Strasbourg this week. Of the
24 delegates, 15 will be under the lead
ership of M. Lorioi, who is in favor of
the immediate seizure of capitalistic
power and its replacement by Soviets,
or something similar to them.
RIVER YIELDS FISH.
Air Shortage in Agawam Stream Drives
Finny Inhabitants Inshore.
As though convulsed by some mighty
force, Agawam river "has opened it
rovern'.tr of ice and is casting out ton
of fish." What had all the earmarks of
a "fish torv" was confirmed by Dputy
Hame Warden James P. Hatch alter an
investigation.
Literally hundreds of yellow perch
and carp (better known as suckers),
have been collected on the ice and
shore near Butterworth's cove in Aga
wam, while equally large quantities
have been scooped from -the water kept
open where the swift current circle
sharply to the bank and prevent freez
ing except under extreme cold.
Investigating the source of an appar
ently unlimited supply of fresh fl-h.
some of which us sold to houschold
"ers, Mr. Hatch rea-hed the conclusion
that the fKh. starving for air. scarce
ben-ath the thick blanket of ire, swim
so swi'tiv to thi on'y open water in
the vicinity thai they are carried out
on to the "h e. The rim of ice about
the water hole is worn thin by the
action of the cu-rent. Thousands of
flh swim about just beneath the sur
face of the open wacr making eay
prrv ff.r a skillfully cat net.
The warden sa;d ten hundred-wcie'nt
of vell'w ;wnh. u ker and once in a
while a pickerel were csuaht at the
eve and that be heard that one -nter-pr'-.-r?
young Kvr mad f .ur d-!'.r
I n-n ! -.vent JMim i ng me iisn
', at Hc'rw market ist-.
The gsTiie nr !f ! tid :t C ere
i r.o'.h ng in '.he law tat w.ni'd :op tHc
j :'roredt;re if ,'tirin7 mny ri-h at
i ! im.i :'tt. f.r Mainly the a.-t
! "an v i "t ii.4.
i AHNo-igH sme .ilrel -sre kti
! in manner Vv re ;Vr. w'tN
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UAIUIE, VKUMONT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
"YOU HAVE NOT
aUILTYNO. 1"
Declared John A. Burke's
Lawyer in Opening De
' f ense in Murder Case
POINTED QUT THAT
TIME WAS LACKING
According to the Chronol
ogy of Events Prepared
by the Prosecution
vi in
Skowliccan. Me., Feb. 24. Time is
the imoortant factor in determining
the guilt or innocence of John A. Burke,
charged with the murder of Nelson W.
Bartlev. Thomas Leigh of Augusta
said in his opening address for the de
fense after the state Jiad rested its
case to day in the trial of Burke in the
supreme court.
Upon the evidence submitted by the
state, it remains improbable and im
possible that Burke could have commit;
ted the crime within the time limits
as they now stand, he claimed.
Attorney Lemh in opening said lie
would appeal to the judgment and not
the sympathy of the jury, and laid a
good deal of stress on the fact that the
respondent was presumed to be inno
cent until proven guilty.
He quoted from a charge given in a
fumnnu murder trial, which he did not
name, by Chief Justice ?haw of Mas
sachusetts, defining a reasonable doubt.
Attorney Leigh claimed that Burke
had only 12 minutes from the firing of
the fatal shots until his departure irom
the "blow-down" in -which the body
was found three days aftes the murder.
He said the evidence showed that tieven
r,,;,niu t leant must have been re
quired to show the amount of blood
at the spot where it was eviaent tne
bodv first fell.
This, be Faid, left only five minutes
for Burke to have dragged the Isidy
of a man 5 feet 11 inches in height
and weighing 1H5 pounds, around the
"blow-down" and to have 'entered the
cave, dragged the body in and crawled
out.
That Burke could have done this in
so brief a time, then appear at his
home three miles away so hhortly aft
erward with boots and clothing dry
and unspotted by mud, Mr. Leigh
claimed, was utterly out of the ques
tion. "In this element of time," he said,
'you have not guilty No. 1."
T,a Hnmi'V tnnk tin the ricor IBOr-
ti pliaa, and claimed ihe evideiwe
plainly showed the body was not placed
in the cave until after rigor mortis
had set in. In this connection, he paiB
a tribute to "the old country physician
in the person of nr. nootnoy, viir
medical examiner who, under cross
examination, had testified that rigor
mortis had set in two hours before the
bodv was hidden in the cave.
Skowhegan, Me., Feb. 24. Several
witnesses were recalled and cross ex
amined by counsel for John A. Hiirke
to-day at his trial for the murder of
Nelson W. Hartley, before the state
completed the presentation of its case.
Ellsworth A. Piper, administrator of
Bartlev's etate, estimated the popu
lation of Jackman at 1,000. He admit
ted that the estate held a note of Hen
ry Armstrong, one of the state's wit
nesses who helped remove Bartlev's
bodv from the cave in which it was
concealed.
Carlton M. Cmocrin, who previously
had testified that Hartley finished sup
per at about :2i the night he dis
appeared, wa closely questioned a to
visit he made elsewhere on that night.
Henry Crowell, the land surveyor,
and Dr. John M. B'Kithy, the medical
examiner, also were recalled.
ALLEGED TYPHOID CARRIER.
Chicago Woman Denies It and is Be
ing Investigated.
Chicago, Feb. 24. Evidence of bac
teriological infection has been found in
the bodies of Egyptian mummies and
there is evidence that pre historic di
nosauria suffered from tubercular ba
cillus, Dr. T. H. Kendall, professor of
bacteriology at Northwestern universi
ty, testified in a suit in which Mrs.
(ieorge A. Barmore to-day sought to
establish her right to liberty.
The department of health declared
Mrs. Barmore was a typhoid carrier
and a menai-e to public health. IT.
Kendall explained that a person may
lie a typhoid carrier and spread disease,
but never himself contract the dis
ease. The city health department asserts
that five cases of typhoid have been
traced to association with Mrs. Bar
more. SPECULATION STIRS SPAIN.
Railroad Stocks Fell on Bourse 30
Points.
Madrid, Sunday. Feb. 22.-Holder of
railnwd stocks ami speculators are tak
ing advantage of the pre-ent situa
tion relative to an increase in railroad
rates to carry suit operation of great
rirot'Tti'n.
The Bmre i agitated over the ques
tion, and owing to public un-crtin'y
and the f-ar that if rate are not
ri-ed it wiil mean ruin to most om
pn'e, shares fell yeterday IW points,
with many holder still un'oading.
tKwernrtient and railriad official de
clare they canmt understand the de
lay in introducing the l;ll calling f r
rate increase, pointing out that otber
nation tk this) almjt "oter
r.icbt."
r.-ofsicnal Jealousy.
l'i.-t Art!-'. t V.iirtnte . r.'d
?rn. !" J 11 -1 ' I ri,-i:re ! oid
bitokT rarvrn-i i -r S:.
-.n l r:t l"-sr :t. i He
n:i-''.V ':J s nf! nt i-re ! be
U. S. TRADE BALANCE
INCREASED $257,000,000
During the Month of January, Accord
ing to Figures of Department
of Commerce.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 24. Dcspi
te
the foreign exchange -situation
the
trade, balance in favor of the Uni
ited
States increased $237,000,000 in Janu
ary, figures made public to-day by the
Hnrm-f ment of commerce show. Both
exports, and imports showed an ad
i
vance, the value ot goods seni out v
the country being iU.umi,""". aim
that of those received $474,000,000.
The exports compared with $582,000,
000 in December and $643,000,000 in
January a year ago. Imports compared
with $381, '000,000 in December and
$321,000,000 in January, 1910.
For theVieven months of the fiscal
year beginning last July, exports to
talled $4,"04.OOO,OO0 and imports $2,
768,000,000, leaving a balance of $1,
Ronnfwnnn. The .trade balance for the
corresponding seven months the year
before was a,(KH,otKt,tnr.
Gold imports for the seven months'
neriod amounted to $39,000,000, as com
pared with $14,000,000 in 1010, and ex
ports $319,000,000, against 2d,uuu,"Ju
last year.
Kunorts of silver for the same period
amounted to $122,000,000, compared
with $170,000,000 m the corresponding
period the year before,
THOUSANDS ARE
SACRIFICED ANNUALLY
Because of Failure to Apply Scientific
Knowledge to the Prevention
of Needless Weakness, Etc.
Cleveland. 0., Feb. 24. The lives of
hundreds of thousands of persons are
sacrificed annually, ljuman power im
measurably wasted and staggering eco
nomic loss results from the failure to
apply scientific knowledge to the pre
vention of needless weakness, diseases
nnd death, said Dr. James Wood, pro
fcfisor of physical education at Colum
bia university, New York, addressing
the National Council of Education to
day. The council is composed of 120
of the leading educators of the country
attending the National Education as
sociation convention here.
"Our schools are wasting enormous
sums in trying to educate children
handicapped" by ill health," Dr. Wood
said. "Seventy-five per cent, or six
teen million school children of the
Cnited States have physical defects
which are mostly remedial. This shows
that tho business of keeping the school
children of the country in good physi
cal condition is a disgrace to the na
tion. "Every day ma,kes more apparent
the fact that the most vital part of
our educational work is health educa
tion. The public school is the chief
agency through which this education
must "lie given and practiced in sane
health living."
Josephine Corliss Preston of Olym
pian Wah., president of the National
Education association, told the council
member that years ago men quit
teaching because salaries were low and
now the women teachers are quitting
for the same reason. She said a sub
stantial salary Increase was necessary
to secure trained and competent teach
ers to fill the 2S.000 vacancies and re
place 75.000 teacher below profession
al standards in ability.
A QUEER SITUATION.
German and Austrian Books are Duty
Free in Canada.
Ottawa, Feb. 24. Inquiry at the cus
toms department to-day disclosed that
books printed In German and Austrian,
or any language other than English and
Frenh. are admitted Intotanaaa duty
free, while books in English and French
are dutiable. TM is prescribed under
a Dominion tariff regulation, in force
for nearly a quarter of a century.
Book sellers in the United States
are shipping German and Austrian
books into Canada for sale in commu
nities where foreign languages are
spoken, it was said.
NO DATE SET
For Hearing on Mandamus Proceedings
in Maine's "Dry" Vote,
Bangor, Me.. Feb. 24. No date has
been set for the hearing c. the mn
damus proceedings brought by a citizen
of Bangor, asking for a referendum on
the act of the Maine legislature in rati
fying the ISth amendment to the fed
eral constitution, which was set for ta
dav and postponed because Justice
Dunn, who signed the mandamus, and
Attorney General Sturgis are engaged
with the Burke trial at Skowhegan.
J. I). Rice, attorney for the petition
er ttm) to-dar that the hearing
would probably be held some time next J
week at Augusta, wnere justice iunn
will preside over the March session of
the supreme judicial court for Kenne
bec county.
RETURNS TO OLD NAME.
It Will Be Yale Divinity School as It
Was for 90 Years.
New Haven, Conn.. Feb. 24. Tale s
theological department known as the
Yale School of Religion will hereafter
be known a the Yale Divinity school,
a it was for tx years prior to PU4,
it was announced to-day. .
Three reaon acribed for the re
turn to the old name are: The de-ire
to avoid confusion beta-ecu the cc
ti.m of religion a a universly de
partment; to guard against misunder
standing mhich the new name had oc
casioned among college, and the at
tachment ot alumni to the oid name.
DIED IN GERMANY.
Mrs. Eliia Coit, Formerly of Concord,
N. H.
Concord. N n., Feb. S4- New has
reached hrre of the death in Mur.i-h.
Germany, 011 Feb. 21.. of Mrs. Eiira
J..ph:ne (WWIcri Colt, mite of Itr.
.lame Mi. nor Ct. U went to Mu
nich t' eslab'.i-h a echoI in I'.
Ilr. fViit a 1 wig ce re-tnr and f-ir
. lima Iftinu tf t of St. Paul's
! . ,!l r-ere Mr. Coit bor in
f Sew'.Aiid. O . but fe.m 77 to
'ii-d wua er "au-band at tl. Haul's
houl.
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CHARGES
DISMISSED
Others Against Thomas
Mott Osborne Are Be
ing Investigated
F. D: ROOSEVELT
HEADS INQUIRY
Naval Men and Civilians
Are Being Heard at
Portsmouth, N. H.
Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 24. Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D.
Roosevelt headed a naval board of in
quiry which heard in private sessions
to-day testimony regarding conditions
at the naval prison here. The board is
investigating charges against Lieuten
ant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne,
commandant of the prison, the exact
nature of which have not been an
nounced. Commander Osborne was the first
witness to appear before the board, on
which Rear Admirals Herbert O. Dunn
and Alexander Halstead sat with Mr.
Roosevelt. It is understood that naval
men and civilians also would be called
to testify to-day and to-morrow.
Some of the charges originally made
against the conduct of the prison have
been dismissed aa being without
grounds, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
announced after a preliminary investi
gation recently. An early decision on
the charges now outstanding is expect-
ed.
CAILLAUX THOUGHT
PASHA hNNOCENT
Until Certain Telegrams from America
Were Published -Then He Broke
Off Relations.
Paris, Feb. 24. The examination of
former Premier Joseph Cailiaux on trial
before the Senate, sitting as a high
court, on the charge of having had
treasonable dealings with the Germans
and conspiring to bring about a dis
honorable peace, was resumed to-day.
The questions dealt with the rela
tions of M. Cailiaux with Bolo Pasha,
T..,MitoH t Vincennes in April. 1918,
after being convicted of treason, and
Pjerre. Lenoir, executed in October,
1019, on being found guilty of having
held intelligence with the enemy.
M. Cailiaux explained that he
thought Bolo Pasha innocent until cer.
tain telegrams from America were pub
lished. Then, he testified, he broke off
all relations with Bolo.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL REINSTATED.
Walker of Brandon Will Conduct Morn
ing Exercises as Usual.
Brandon, Feb. 24. The presidential
committee of the Brandon school dis
trict, consisting of P. E. Whalen, Dr.
J. W. Estabrook and O. F. Clifford,
Principal Walker of the high school
and Superintendent of Schools Sturte
vant, met last night and unanimously
reinstated Mr. Walker as principal, to
have full charge of the school and the
backing of the. committee, and to con
duct the morning, exercises as he sees
fit. K
If any child does not wish to at
tend, he must bring a written excuse
from the parents or guardian.
This action practically settles the
school row which has stirred the village
as it has not been stirred in years. The
paper circulated by the ministers of
the village asking that the principal
and teachers continue as heretofore,
was signed by 200 persons.
WARRANTS WERE REFUSED.
In Case of Alleged Conspiracy to Ob
struct Prohibition Law.
Marquette, Mich., Feb. 24. H. B.
Hatch, I'nited States commissioner, to
day refused to issue federal warrants
for the arrest of six Iron county offi
cials charged with conspiracy to ob
struct the prohibition law. Hatch de
olared ho could not act without the
approval 6f District Attorney Walker
at Grand Rapids, Federal Judge Ses
sions or Attorney General Palmer. .
Major A. V. Dalrymple, federal pro
hibition director for the central state,
who asked for the warrant, notified
lta.tcb that unless telegraphic author
ity to issue the warrants was received
from District Attorney Walker by 2
p. m., he would proceed to Iron county
with a company of his own men and a
sq
uad of Michigan state police and
mat
ke the atTests witnoui warrant.
DIED IN FLORIDA.
Ex-Got. Franklin Morphy of New Jer
sey Was Aged 74.
Newark. N. J-, Feb. 24.-Franklin
Murphy, former governor of New Jer
itoaJ at. Palm Beach. Fla.. ac
cording to a telegram received here to
day by his son, rranunn juurpny, jr.
Former Governor Murphy left here for
the south a month aio in an elTort to
regain his health. He was 74 years old.
DIPLOMATS TO HAVE SUGAR.
Argentina to Send Enough ts Keep Itt
Representatives.
Buenos Aire. Monday, Feb. 23. Ar
gentina has lifted the in on exporta
tion of siurar to the extent that ail Ar
gentine d.plomats in fore gn capitals
U1 be allowed to receive mall quan
tities for thir eronal ue.
WILL NOT REPRESENT BRAZIL.
Ia the Council of the League of Ka
t tioas.
Rio Janeim. feb. 24. Senator Roy
fUrbosa ha denned the invitation of
tfte gferiiment t represent Brar 1 in
the eounril of the league of nations. 11
11 s enounced to-day.
CONNECTICUT RIVER
IS GETTING LOW.
Holyoke, Mass., Feb. 24. Ow
ing to low water in the Connecti
cut river, orders were issued here
to-day for suspension of opera
tions' for 18 hours beginning to
night by 25 paper mills that de
pend upon water power. This is
the first time in many years that
a winter shutdown has been nec
essary, though it is not uncom
mon in summer when the storage
basin formed by the Holyoke
dam runs low. The coal and pulp
situation is still acute.
PRESBRE YCO Y KEN DA LL
CO. GIVES BONUS TO MEN
About 40 of Company's Barre Employes
Received Checks for $37.50 and
Will Receive Like Checks
at Three Other Times
in the Year.
Probably the first granite manufac
turing plant in Barre to issue extra
compensation as an incentive for qual
ity work and production to its em
ployes and to adopt the ever-increasing
vogue among modern busiaess estab
lishments of profit-sharing with its
workers is the Presbrr-y-Coykendall
company with offices in Xew York City
and Barre. The first compensation
money to reach the Barre men arrived
last week with a personal letter writ
ten to each man who was entitled to
the money. As a matter of fact, all
the workmen did not receive this, but
only those whose records merited it,
according to the company. This mmiey
was received by 40 granite workers, as
well as the foremen and office em
ployes. JohnJX Magnaghi, vice-president and
general manager of the Barre plant,
stated this morning that this method
may be altered or improved in the com
ing years, so that any dissatisfaction
will "lie eliminated and, if possible, a
fairer method of profit sharing adopted
for the benefit of all the. workmen.
The letter which accompanied the
money reads as follows:
"Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find
check for $37 .SO which is one-fourth of
the extra compensation that you are to
receive for loyal and conscientious serv
ice during the year 1019. This is based
on the profits shown and is an exten
sion of a custom we have followed for
some time with our employes down
here and foremen and office force at
the plant. We have decided now to
include certain workmen, who for long
and faithful Bervice, as well as par
ticularly good quality of work done,
have helped to make a better showing
than usual. The total compensation
will be $150.
"Our records show who among our
men are most valuable to us and we
hope to be able to include many more
in the coming years. 11 is oniy ny
united action that the result can be
obtained. The officers of the Presbrey
Coykendall company feel that every
man associated wtin thero is a factor
and really part of the business, and
while executives and money are abso
lutely necessary, so too i the work
man, in order that Jll may-have some
of the comforts of life and live in a
real American way. Therefore, all
should participate in the success .or
failure of the business. It will be
what we make it. We sincerely hope
that the year lft20 will be as good or
better than the year just past and
whatever the result, it will be. a pleas
ure to share it with all who have a
part in making the business a success.
'"You will receive checks for like
amounts on or about April 1, July 1
and October 1. Yours truly,
"Th? Presbrev-Covkendall Co.
"C. il. Presbrey."
SCHOONER FOUNDERED
BUT CREW RESCUED
The British Ship Gwendolen Warren
Was Bound for a Brazilian Port
Her Crew Being Brought
to Hampton Roads.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 24. The sinking
of the British schooner Gwendolen War
ren and the rescue of the crew was
reported in a wireless message from
the British steamer Pike Pool to day.
The message said the Pike Pool had the
crew of the foundered vessel on board
and would take them to Hampton
Roads.
The Gwendolen Warren was bound
from St. Johns, N". F., for a Brazilian
port.
IRENE G0LDIE JACKSON.
Died Last Evening at Home of Her
Sister on Richardson Road.
Irene Goidie Jackson, who has lieen
sick for a vtr and a half with con
sumption, d'ed at S:10 lat evening at
the home of her si-ter, Mr. Charies
Badger, on the Richardson road in
Barre Town. She was the daughter of
the late Merrill F. and Ma (Merrill)
Jackson and was horn in Barre, July
17. 1S!K. She attended school in Barre
and passed her entire lite here. The
surviving relatives are two sisters.
Mrs. Charles Badger and Mrs. Peter
Hamel, also of Barre, and one brother.
Arthur Jackson, whose piesent loca
tion' is not known.
The funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Badger on the Richard
son road, and the body will be placed
in the vault at Kim wood cemetery until
spring.
Holland's Aromatic Cheese.
Humor, either frch or stslc, is not
an ordinary characteristic of govern
ment report. In an official document,
recently published by our government
on the subject of the Netherlands dur
ing the war, the following passage ap
pear to have escaped the serious mind
ed editor's censorious pencil:
-Holland's hee.e in.iu-try is both
noted and rotorion. .M lct on prov
ince Kim burg -has giicn it name to
a spes-K of ' hcc which i both "b'!y
i;d str.ir.gly known." The Nation's
Businc.
A regular meet'ltz L ti sVarprners.
o 2. wiil be held in Foresters haul
Wednesday fifnn;, b 2-: at 7
e;. k !m;xrtant.
f
PRICE, TWO CENTS.
GRANITE BRIDGE
AGAIN YOT)
-A
Overwhelm e n t iment
Reveals a a Large
Meeting
BRIDGE ENGINEERS'
REPORTS PRESENTED
Present Wooden Structure
Considered in Poor
Condition
A city meeting last evening that
filled sll the seats in the body of the
opera house and overflowed into the
gallery, by an overwhelming majority,
voted to sustain the action ,of . pre
vious meeting to build a granite arch
bridge over Jail branch on South Main
street. So it seems certain that Barre
at last will erect a modern granito
bridge to replace the old wooden struc
ture, after the latter has been con
demned by several city engineers for
years past and after citizens have vot
ed three times within recent years to
build a new one.
The vote last night came on a mo
tion to postpone indefinitely action on
the article 111 the warning to rescind
tho action of the meeting of Feb. t
which voted 88 to 86 to build a granito
arch bridge on South Main street.
The meeting, one of the largest in
the history of city affairs, was called
to order by City Clerk Jaines Mackay,
who read the warning. F. 0. Howlaud
was made chairman. K. R. Davis was
the first to take action and he moved
tho previous action be. rescinded, which
was seconded. William Barclay mado
a motion which was quickly seconded
that action be postponed indefinitely
and the chair entertained his motion
over Mr. Davis. Those vho thought
the action at the meeting of Feb. 4 was
hasty hud plenty of opportunity to
hear the question discussed from nil
standpoints last night and the majority
were found in favor of the granito
structure as evidenced by the standing;
vote.
Mr. Barclay, who, judging from his
report, had put considerable time nnd
study into his investigations, referred
to stone arch bridges still doing busi
ness in many parts of the world, built
all the wav from over 2,000 years down
to SO and less years and of the stability
of the same. He cited those near home
at Northfield and North field Falls,
carrying the tracks of the Central Ver
ment railroad, and on which, according
to the railway's engineer, there was no
record of repairs being made, Tho
granite men, lie said, had spent a vast
sum of money to advertise our product
to the world and here at home we had
evidence of Barre granite in buildings,
in interior finish and monumental work
and why not show to the world that
the granite from our hills is equally as
good to build bridges -of!
Incorporated in Mr. Barclay's inves
tigations were the reports of three first
class engineers. City Engineer T. W.
Dix of Burlington. City Kngineer D. D.
Snyder of Rutland and Prof. A. W.
Winslow of Norwich university. These
men, at the invitation of Mr. Barclay,
examined minutely every part of the
present bridge and based their reports
on a questionnaire given them by Mr.
Barclay which had the following four
questions: (1) Is it saf,e for modern
traffic? (2) If so. about how many
years, in vour opinion, is it yet good
"for? (3) 'What can be done at mod
erate cost to improve its condition and
increase its life! "(4 What would ba
an approximate estimate for a walk
along the right-hand side (as you face
south) for pedestrians, baby carriages,
etc.? The reports were mailed to Mr.
Barclay and the summary of each one
is given lure:
Digests of Engineers' Reports.
Trof. A. K. Winslow of Norwich urn's
versity He claims the bridge is not
safe for modern tralhc. Floor joists
are under strength for 10-ton loads.
Rods holding lower chord members bad
ly rusted. Does not recommend adding
s'idewalk to present bridge and expect
the trusses to carry it. Suggests li(.'ht
independent bridge on down side of
stream to carry pedestrians. Docs not'
consider trusses quite safe for 10 tons
but feels present structure can be put
in shape to safely handle loads up to
thst capacity at expense of from $2,000
to in.OiKl. - ...
Citv Kngineer T. W. Dix of Burling
tl,n'pPrlHres the bridge is not safe
for modern traffic. Joist along lower
chord show evidences of decay chiefly
in westerly truss. Where decay de
velops in such a st nu t ore it is com
monly more active in the interior of
the members showing on the surface
last. There are a few mcnilK-r which
are split, warped, or twisted and una
showing the decay at a point other
than a joint all being source of weak
ness. Planking, so far as could be e
amiiied from underside, in very ha I
condition. The floi system unsafe for
loads exceeding three or four ton.
Does not recommend the repairing of
present structure but says it can ba
done and made safe for 10- or 12-tn
loads at following cost: Removing pres
ent floor and strinirers and rebuilding
same entirely new, $-1.0': replacing
and renewing all such nienilicrs show
ing signs of de.sy. warping. piittins;
or other defects. $1,400; Kh'uik'ling rod,
?2j0. I oes not favor adding sidewatk,
as that would bring added load to west
erly tru-s. which is now the weaker
of 'the to. An additional tnu-s rotiM
be placed parallel to west sidei abut
ments and roof extended and sidewalk
built there at apnroximate cost f
Sties'; bridce slimmi be rised. assum
ing the abutments to he in fair rendi
tion, and additional he ct added to
j same, approximate ni.
apron to shed water away Irom ems
rf bridge, thus kecpir !io.r dry dur
in wet weather, approximate r-U
i;0: total. !'.4. Thi wou'd put
brxle in go-d eonJit'-on fr 1 year
'to fcandle traffic ef-nditi-n as Ce e-
i- to d,i
Cily Vrcineer and Ci.irnis.inTo-r ,.f
1-.i!.ic V.oik D- !' sti'dcr rf fcut-
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