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BAILY TIMES
VOL. XXIV-NO- 123.
BARRE, VERMONT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920.
TRICE, TWO CENTS.
rOY CHAMPIONS WSO A1 POLES
DESPERATELY
LtjALrUrL Ao I Milf OUrKEjiurL
ISSUE OF THE CENTURY'
And Slacken , the Advance
of Bolsheviki Toward
Warsaw
Formally Notified To-day
. of the Democratic Nomi
rtation for President, the
Ohio Governor Threw
Down the Gauntlet to
Republicans in an Em
phatic Stand.
"INTERPRETATIONS"
ARE FAVORED
Denounced Senator Hard
ing's Proposal of "Sepa
rate Peace With Ger
many" Cox Pays Trib-
ute "to President Wilson
Promises Effort to Re
duce Federal Taxation.
Da j ton, p., Aug. 7. Pence for Amer
ica and the world by this nation' en
trance inta the league of nations with
"interpretations" not disturbing its
vital principle was pronounced to-day
by Governor James M. Cox, the Demo
cratic presidential standard bearer, as
his paramount policy.
In his address here accepting the
Democratic nomination, Governor Cox
ti'ilitantly championed the league as
1 roposcd by President Wilson, with in
terpretations insuring good faith and
understanding, and denounced what he
termed the dishonorable proposal from
Senator Harding, his Republican oppo
nent, for "a separate pea.ee with Ger
League or no league, the Democratic
nomine declared, is the issue between
the two parties "the supreme issue of
the century ," he said.
"The question is," Governor Cox de
clared, "whether we shall or shall neit
join in this practical and humane, move
ment. President Wilson entered the
league in our name. Senator Harding,
a the Republican candidate for the
presidency, proposes in plain words
that we remain out of it. As the Demo
cratic candidate I favor going in.
"The first duty of the new adminis
tration will be ratification of the
treaty," Governor Cx said, predicting
that friends of the league would rally
to elect a Senate with the requisite ma
jority for ratification.
Governor Cox said the "interpreta
tions" should state "our interpretation
of the covenant as a matter of good
faith to our associates and as a pre
caution against any misunderstanding
in the future. Assailing the Lodge
reservations at emasculating, Governor
Cox suggested two specific "interpreta
tioni," as outlined several months ago
in a newspaper article. One declared
America' continuance in the league
should depend upon the league's use
only as an agency for world peace;
the other, stated the understanding
that this nation could act only with
in the constitution, declared unalter
able by any treaty.
The door to other "interpretations"
was left open by Governor Cox, but he
sa!d that the Democratic platform
plank "speaks in a . firm resolution
against anything that disturbs the vit
al principle"' of the league.
No room for doubt was left as to the
governor's 'position on the league as
the pre-eminent political battleground.
As on other subjects, he stated his po
sit ion squarely.
"We are in a time which calls for
straight thinking, straight talking and
straight acting," he said, "It is no time
for wobbling."
In position, the league question led
the candidate's address and, to it, he
devoted 3.000 words of the 10,000 odd
total.
' Prohibition Not Mentioned.
The prohibition amendment and Vol
stead law were not specified in the ad
dress, but Governor Cox promised em
phatically strict law enforcement.
"The constitution," he said, "is the
licence and limitation given to and
placed upon the law-making body. , The
legislative branch of government is
subjected to the rule of the majority.
The public official, who fails to en
force the law. is an enemy, both to the
ronsitution and to the American prin
ciple of majority rule. It would seem
unnecessary for any candidate for the
presidency to say that he dors not in
tend to violate hi oath of eftiie. Any
one who i false to that oath i morel
unworthy than the law violator bTin- !
self.
"Moral- cannot eailv be produced
flayed by Governor Cox in scathing
terms throughout his lone address. A
"senatorial oligarchy" led by Senators
Lodge, Penrose and Smoot, Governor
Cox charged, selected Senator Harding
to lead the Republicans and fastened
"into the party platform the creed of
bitterness and hate and the vacillating
policy that possesses it." The Repub
lican stand, generally, was scored by the
governor, as reactionary and, on the
league question, he said the party's
candidate was bent A the irreconcila
ble hostility of Senator Johnson of Cal
ifornia. The Republican Congress, the
governor asserted, failed to pass a con
structive law or to reduce war taxes.
"Corrupt Auspices" Deplored.
Millions :in campaign fundi hve
been gathered for "the reactionary
caufee," the governor charged, deploring
election of a new administration "un
der corrupt auspices" and demanding
publicity for "the plain truth" regard
ing all contributions and disburse
ments. The Democrats, he added, would
not attempt "to compete by dol'ars."
He warned the country against 'V'tui
ning devices backed by unlimited prodi
gal expenditures to confuse and lure."
Governor Cox said he took up ,tne
Democratic standard "a free man." un-
fetterd by promises."
"We want a chancre, he said, vtroni
the y world of yesterday, whero in-
I ternaf iimal intrisrue made people mere
pawns on the chessboard of war. We
want a change from the old industri.il
world, where the man who toiled "vns
assured of a 'full dinner pail' as his
only lot and portion. We staftd at the
forks of the road. One leads to high
er citizenship, a freer expression of the
individual and a fuller life for all. The
other leads to reaction, the rule of the
fw over the many and the restriction
of the average man's chances to grow
upward. But I have abiding faith that
the. pitfalls will be avoided and the
rij-lit road chosen.
"The leaders opposed to democracy
promise to put the country 'back to
normal.' This can only mean the so-
called normal of former reactionary ad
Diinistrations. "Our view is toward the sunrise of
to-morrow. The opposition stands in
the' skyline of the setting sun, look
ing backward, at the old days of re
fect ion. '
L.-1 ...... Tribute to Wilson.
A graceful tribute to President Wil"
oli wil "pftiil by Governor-Cox, when
stewing the Republican platform for ab-
ence of "a line that breathes emo
ion of pride" in the nation's war
achievement s. lie said, that while sol
diers fell in the trenches Mr. Wilson
was broken in the enormous labor of
his office." '
The Republican proposal for a sep
arate peace, Governor Cox declared,
would be "the most disheartening event
in civilization since the Russians made
their separate peace with Germany."
Citing difficulties in the plan, Gov
ernor Cox said that, if accomplished,
"no nation in good standing would
have anything to do with either of
us."
"This plan would not only be a piece
of bungling diplomacy, but plain, un
adulterated dishonesty, as well," he
said, inveighing against any sehcim
without associated powers.
"This act would either be regarded
as arrant madness or attempted inter
national boss ism," he added.
Discussing domestic questions. Gov
ernor Cox denounced profiteering at
length and promised that profiteers
should "suffer the penalty of the crimi
nal law."
Fair Return for Capital and Labor.
Fair returns for both capital and la
bor were advocated, the nominee also
approving development of both "into
large unit without injury to the pub
lic interest." Collective bargaining by
labor through its own representatives
was approved hy the governor, who
added:
"We should not by law abridge a
man's right either to labor or quit em
plovment
BARING THE WAY
Poles Give Up Terespol
and Are Driven Out
of Muramiec
rule, "the prosperity of the country had RT A t INCH FORTS
been widely dillused.
Fraising American youth tor us war
service, Governor Cox declared that the
nation owes a debt to those who died
and their dependents and to the wound
ed, who should be trained and rehabili
tated. Also, he said, "we must realize
that considerable compensation is due
those who lost much by the break
in their material hopes and aspira
tions.
The Mexican situation, the gover
nor stated, has been 'trying our pa
tience for years," but now begins to
Bhow signs of improvement
Not the least of the things that Lxcept in the area around -Orest-Lito
have constributed to it," he" continued, vsk, east of the Polish capital, no new
"is a realization by the. people of that aHviln(,pl, bv .oviet trool)f, have been re
., . j- .. ... . ' ,. ported, and even there thev have been
their domain, nor disposition to dis- 1 '
turb their sovereign rights." ' limited by the desperate lighting of the
On the railroad question, Governor Poles
Cox advocated giving a thorough test polish forces have been forced to re
London, Aug. 7. Russian bolshevik
armies hammering the Poiish lijjei
northeast and east of Warsaw, seem
to have encountered stern resistance.
to private ownership" under govern
ment regulation, the latter now being I
accepted, he said. Financial credit for
the roads,' he stated, should be provid
ed. Discrediting of government opera
tion of the carriers was dejtlored as
unfair" and insincere.
Reduction of Federal Taxation.
A pledge for "heavy" and immediate
tire from Terespol, about four mile
west of Brest-Litovsk, and have lost
Muramiec, about" five miles to the Bug
river in this region, but their further
progress probably will be slow as per
manent forts erected years ago to de
fend the city must be stormed if the
soviet legion are to gain ground there.
Northwest of Brest-Litovsk, along
reduction of federal taxation was made the Bug river, the Poles have launched
by the nominee, who said that, with vigorous counter-attacks and have sue
economy, $2,000,000,000 could be lopped reeded in driving back across the river
oil'. He advocated repeal of "annoying bolshevik detachments, which had site-
consumption taxes" and said incomes reeded in reaching the left bank of the
of wage earners, agricultural producers stream. Further north along the battle-
and salaried, professional and small front toward the east Prussia frontier,
biisiness men should be "sharply modi- great battle is being fought, but no
fled." He suggested, in lieu of excess details of the outcome have been given
profits taxes, "a small tax, probably of in lafe dispatches. At Mysiyniec, about
one or one and one-half, per cent on .the I ve miles from the tierman boundary
total business of every going concern." I the Poles are well intrenched and ap-
H also urged "making the holders of pear to he holding their own in spite
hiddden wealth pay their share (of ot savage assaults against their poi
faxes) with those whose property is in tions.
sight." In the southern sectors of the front
Advocating reform of federal agen-1 serious fighting is going on, and the
cies and activities, ineWiding establish- Poles seem to be gaining ground at
tnent of a budget, system, the gver- some points.
nor said the government .could lie run Premier Lloyd George and Miller-
on ft,()O0,O(lO,0OO annually including and of Great Britain and France will
sinking fund and national debt inter- meet at Hvthe to-morrow, li in ex
eat. Disarmament provisions of the pected by that time that the soviet
league of nations, he added, constitute government will, have answered a tele
"an appealing fundamental" and its gram that M. Kameneff, one of cite
loss a surety of armament burdens. I chiefs of the soviet delegation in tlis
Ihe federal reserve act was com- cifv, sent to Moscow, following a Iota
mended at length a the greatest fac- conference with Premier Uoyd Gfore
tor in America' war effort next to and otner government officials yete
personal sacrifices of the people. The day. It seems certain there will'not be)
law i a Democratic achievement, he an immediate break in the ncgotja'
said, enacted "against the protests of tions between the allie and the soviet
the bitter Republ
III its development he recommended es- the French and British premier nuiy
tablishing foreign banks in trade ren- have before them propositions from
ters and urged Americans to guard the Moscow, which mv a-sist them in
ia, neciarmg it should be "kept from dealing with the serious situation con-
TROOPS ARRIVE
STRIKE MAY END
Leaders of Denver Tram
way Men Recommend
Calling Off Strike
BLOODY ENCOUNTER
HELD LAST NIGHT
Striking Car Men Will Be
Taken Back, Says Com
. ' pany Official
who have never fronting Poland.
the hands of those
been its friends.'
Repeal of war laws restricting free
dom of speech and assembly and liber
ty of the press was advocated, togeth
er with Americanization of alien resi
dent and extension of educat inn n-nrlf
"without enroachment bv the fPdPra N-Hampshire Insurance Commission
ponzts agent warned
not to open office
government on local control."
Conservation of children bv preven
tion or cbild labor, adequate pay for
government employes, short shrift for
anarchistic agitators and development
of waterway transportation were other
amrmative polices the governor enunci
ated. 4f . . , -
i accept nr nominaion ot our
party," he said in conclusion, "obedient
to the divine sovereign of all peo
ples, and hopeful that by trust in Him
the way will be shown for helpful serv
ice.
er Got Promise from Manchester
Man He Will Abide
By Order.
Manchester. V. H., Aug. 7 -Stale In
surance t ommissioner John .1. iVn
hue today warned Joseph Bruno, lo
cal pcnt of Poini ' Securities F.I-
ehsnifp Co, not to re open Monday s
he had tted he had been ordered to
do After a conference with the com
missioner, Bruno stated that he would
remain closed until the Boton investi
gation was concluded.
Commissioner Donahue in threaten
ing the arrest ot I onKi agent here.
More Than a Score of Delegations! under a state law, which provides that
HARDING ARRANGING DATES
Have Been Booked.
Marion, Ohio, Aug. 7. -Although
more than a score of delegations had
been booked for front porch dates dur
ing August and Scptemler, Senator
Harding and his advisor conferred to
day to arrange for the reception of
still other Republican nrgani.t ions
However, neither labor nor I who have asked for appointments. It
capital should take action that would
put in jeopardy the public welfare.
"We need a definite and precise state
ment of policy a to what busines
men and workingmen may do by way
of combination and collective action.
The law is now so nebulous that it al
most turis upon the predilection of
the judge or jury. The rule of busi
ness should be made more certain so
that on a stable basis men may move
in confidence."
Dispute between capital and labor
are inevitable, ilovernor Cox aid, nd
public opinion pettle prolonged strikes.
IVcIsring that "public opinion hmild
dtTmine in America." he aid the
government should occupy an impar
tial position, protect live and proper
ty and. possibly at times, inquire into
fa t of a tie-nn.
But f' t and not conclusions," he
said, "should submitted.
Agricultural subjects formed anoth
er cxtcnne feature of the candidate
MH-eh. many expedient for agrwul- i
hr .ttute." Governor ( ox cr,nt iniicd. j t uml development being advorated
H pasing to a plea agains-t abu-e of
the writ of inj'in-t i.
Regarding woman suffrage. Governor
ox urgi-d ratification of the proposed
ronstitutional smetidm-nt. d taring
women "are entitled to tVe privilege ot
rttf'.ng a a matter of right, and be-.4iie
ikey wiil lie hclj f-il n mmnta ntn;
wholesome and ptri"!i,- poiKy."
His cps:tion ini.da?e. p!atf. rm.
wdcr and coBgre r-rei-orJ were ern'-r tta said Uat under Democratic
wa said that more front porch speak
ing engagement might lie announced
soon and that it might be arranged in
some case for two delegations to visit
the nominee on the same Iy.
w eli'e nmsioys
MAY HE $E,T
Premier Millerand and Premier Lloyd
George Will Confer on Polnh
Situation.
Faris.Aog. ". Premier Millerand
w ill leaxe at 7:.T oVlo. k to nic'it tor
Hythe. Kngland, where be will corfer
with Premier Lloyd trt-orge relati.e to
the Polish situation. Marshal Fo-h w ill
a'vompany the premier.
Military aid for Poland. con-iting
of one or two division each from
France. Great Britain. Hungary. Pi-ma-
nia. Lrtvia anl poiliv oilier
all out ot state business wishing to
operate in New Hampshire must tirsl
receive a licence trom the insurance
commissioner's office.
Some weeks ago, following an inves
tigation by Commissioner Donahue, it
was decided that he had no jurisdiction
in the Ponr.i company because it was
not a chartered stock company.
Arrangement was made with Poni,
however, whereby hi oflices through
out the slate stopped accepting depos
its, until the inuran-e aommissioner
gave him permission to resume.
"Arrests will follow any attempt on
the part of the Pomri agents to resume
operations in this stale until the Bos
ton investigation is completed," said
Commissioner Donahue to-day.
Referring to the proposal of PoniV
new company to ojs-rste in New Hamp
shire. Commissioner Honshu said:
"No firm will be allowed to operate
in this state until it obtains a license
t do so, under pain of arrest."
BIG TEXTILE PROFITS
Were Made in the Fall Rter Industry
Thi Year.
in-
iliidmg reduction of tenantry, increased
production, ro-operative veiling as well
a purchasing by farmer, establish
ment of municipal market and "mod
ern state rural .hoJ codes," and in
cred aeresgie by irrigatiofi develop
ment. He lo dfsr ared fr government
regulation of ccid storage and a lime
1 -ip it on storage pndn.t-
Advnr-atirur more born m per.
G
Fall River. Ma.. Au 7. - A total
if $-1.6?.3,17. w paid out to etork
holdr in the !! textile industry
ition. j during the third quarter of l!-jl. ar.
is one of the emergency mriu' tj-ord ng to figures furnished today bv
be discuswj by the two premierv G. M. Haffard and company. This
This plan, as well a other n.e- j amount i an average f 10.7 plus per
tires, has Iwen recommended l,v the! cent on a rapitaltratiow Tf .13.WMai.
French and Pnh bk' at Uar-! record never before reached in the
aw. It has been pointed out that j bi-torj cf tl is city a a textile cen-
Hungsry. particularly, n send , ter. 1 be previous quarter was the rer-
cavalry ito tie fifld. All these !ii-crd breaker up t its time with a d s
on. it is un.lerstoeid ti-ill be full 1 trihutio H tl but il i e-i iwd
- i r
ej'rpped and It has been proposed t',t i bv tbe pret.t nr1T bv I .OJw. 1 y
tee reiHf.rceFf r tike Ibe fi, 1 1 I 1 Ke quarter fu-t ended is i iffc ..XI
fore Viri ?i j'ferd ) '-apitil of 'more trs) te ersrrrp'f rg rruarter
IV! -U. tt tie tear.
Denver. Colo., Aug. 7. Two hundred
soldier under Colonel C. O. Ballou ar
rived here early to-day from Wyt
Logan to maintain order, just as lead
ers of the Tramway men' union voted
to recommend calling off the street car
nien' strike, which has been followed
by two days of violence resulting in
the deaths of three men and wound
ing of a dozen persons last night.
The tramway men were to meet at 9
o'clock this morning to take a vote on
the recommendation of their executive
committee. Governor fchoup in a state
ment at Colorado Springs said that
the action of the Union leader-would
not halt the arrival of troops. Five
hundred more soldiers were under
orders at Camp Funston to leave early
to-day. .
In a statement issued shortly after
the announcement of the union lead
ers, Frederick W. Hild, general man
ager of the tramway company, ail
nnunced. that the striking carmen
would be taken back but that there
would be no working agreement with
the union and the union would not be
recognized. Ihe slafvment lurther
declares that preference in filling va
cancies would be given the strike
breakers employed by the company to
run cars.
the call for federal troops was
issued last night when a mob attacked
the hast Denver car barns and was
reiielled with rifle fire. Three men
were, killed and a dozen persons, in
eluding women, arirls and fcovs. were
wounded. Several similar gatherings
had been broken up earlier in the eve
ning by the police with the assistance
of a thousand volunteer recruited
from American I-egion members.
The leader of the strikebreaker at
the Fast Denver car barns declared
that the shooting there wa caused by
attack of the mob on an automobile
load of Strikebreakers who were arriv
ing at, the ' car barn. Stone and
brick were hurled at the car and the
men in the car barns replied with rifle
fire. Hundreds of person in the neigh
borhood were attracted by the firing
and four children, two girls and two
loy. and a woman, were among those
hit bv bullets'.
Total Dead Five.
The ri4.ing of last night brought the
casualties resulting from the strike
disturbances to five dead and 50 known
injured. Heavy property loss to the
tramway company and the Denier Post
also resulted.
Seven members of the union com
posing the executive committee in
charge of the strike were convicted of
contempt of court yesterday, and
ordered to call off the strike. The
charges were based on the calling of a
strike in face of an injunction issued
by dudgt Greeley W. Whitfnrd, in the
district court. They were to be en-
lencetf to-day. Action ot the union
heads in recommending that the strike
order be cancelled will have a liearing
on the sentence, .Judge Whitford announced.
Colonel Us Hon first action follow
ing his assumption of control of the
city was to send n company of troops
to the cene of last night's rioting
The colonel said he hd rcceied re
ports that resident of that vicinity,
coniKwed largely of railroad and fac
tory employes, were planning t return
to the car barns before daybreak in
retaliation for the action of strike
breakers in firing into the crowd.
Membei of the American Legion,
who had guarded the barns during the
night, wen? retained to supplement the
regular troops. The remaining regu
lars were kept at the auditorium a a
reserve fon-e.
The troops were instructed to hoot
if necessary, but only as a last resort.
MEN CORNERED
' IN A SWAMP
Police and Civilians Are
Hunting Frederick and
Jules Deslauriers
WHO ARE ACCUSED
AS AUTO BANDITS
WASHINGTON COUNTY
LOST 2JR1 IN CENSUS
Decrease, of Population Reported at
Washington to Be 6.7
Per Cent.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 7. The cen
sus of Washington county, Vt., ia US,
021 , a decrease of 7,781, or (1.7 per
cent.
Men Were Driven Into
Swamp After Exciting
Chase in Worcester
Worcester, Mass., Aug. 7. Sur
rounded in a swamp in Webster, Fred
erick Deslauriers and Julea Deslauriers
brothers, of Illackstone, are beingi
hunted to-day by polioe and civilians
on a charge tif being automobile ban
dits who have been operating in south
crn Massachusetts, .northern Rhod
Island and Connecticut. Every road
leading from the swamp is guarded by
armed men and the police have, posses
sion of two automobile which were
abandoned last night by the brothers
on the edge of the swamp and which
the police reort were being driven to
anothercity to be sold.
The hunt for the two men resulted
from an attack which Frederick Des
auriers made on his wife in one o
the cars as they were entering Webster
last night. They became involved in
an argument and Mrs. jjesiauriers
barge that her husband tried to force
her from the car. They entered Webs
er with -Mr. Jleslauricr ruling on
the running board and struggling with
her husband, who was driving the car,
Her veil and those of their If -year
old son attracted the attention of
people all over town as they sped
through the streets and soon a train
of automobiles wa chasing the two
car. After pasting through the town
Ueslaurier threw Ins wife and son
from the running board, abandoned the
car in which he wa riding and entered
he car which hi brother Jules was
riving.
This second car entered the swamp,
where it wa abandoned, and the posse
surrounded the two men. who fired
several shots at their pursuers a they
made their way into the darkness
Mr. Deslauriers and her on were
brought back to Webster, where they
were treated for bruise they suffered
when they were thrown from the auto
mobile, and Chief of Police Canty ay
the woman told him her husband and
i brother ar members of a gang
hat ha been stealing automobiles.
riving them t BIacktone, where they
were changed in a garage, whose owner
he reported to the police, and then
aken to Boston and disponed of.
W ILL "SQUEAL" ON PALS
IN C0UGHL1N CASE
MILITIA PATROL
IN JT. FRANKFORT, ILL.
Thus Far the Authentic Have Failed
to Leant Identity of Five Men
Reported Killed in Riots.
West Frankfiirt. III., via Johnson
fit v. Aug. 7. Militiamen continued to
patrol the street of West Frankfort
to-day, but there were no indications
of a reciirren-e of Thursdy night ' ri
oting and city and county officials
greed that the trouble apparently had
been passed.
Kfforts of national piard oflii-rrs to
learn the ident'ly f five Hrons re
ported to have lieen killed in the riot
ing were unsvailmg. This led the ofti
cers to eiprc the belief that none was
killed.
About 40 men. mostly !ta!.an. were
beaten by the note".
AH was quiet in ihe I'aiian e.-tion.
where the atta-ks of the r tot ers ce.
terH
If They Do Not Return the Kidnapped
Baby By 4 O'clock This
Afternoon.
Philadelphia. Aug. 7. Further im
portant development in the Coughlin
kidnapping cse were expected by the
authorities to-dy. The 24-hour period
given the cptors of the 13-month old
child by Augusto Pasquale held as an
accomplice in the kidnapping, for the
baby's return expires at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, and. unless he is restored
lo hi parent, Pasquale, according to
Major Lynn ft. Adams, head of the
state police, said he would tell all he
knows.
"Tell them," he i quoted saying,
'"that if they don't bring bark the kid
within '21 hour I'll squeal. I can't
stand this much longer."
Major Adams said the prisoner ad
mitted that he was the writer of "the
crank" letters and that he got the $12,
OOI) ransom money left by George II.
Coughlin, father of the missing boy. at
a lonely spot on the outskirts of Nor- !
ristown. Pasquale also told the author
ities, Adams said, that the child is
alive and that he is being held in the
vicinity of Philadelphia by a woman
who has learned to love him and is car
ing for him tenderly. Th1 woman i
known to the police, but o far they
have been unable to locate her. She is
said to be a friend of a fcrmer asso
ciate of Pasquale.
N-ors of federal agents, postal in
spectors and local Klice continui-d their
search- to-day for the baby, while Pas
quale was put through another grilling
at city hall. Despite hi repeated de
nials. Major Adams declares, he is con
vineed that "the crank wa the actual
abductor.
The population of Washington coun
ty in I!)10 was 41,702, the county be
ing the third largest in the state, Rut
land and Chittenden counties being
large!. Windsor county stood next to
Washington county in the 1910 cen
sus, with a total of 33,(181. Whether
Windsor county ha displaced Wash
ingtonounty in the third positiou i
yet to be learned. It is likely, how
ever, that Windsor county ha made
a considerable gain owing to the pop
ulation increase in the towns of Wind
sor and Springfield, a already noted.
When the returns are in it will prob
ably be found that Washington coun
ty is stilj third, although by a narrow
margin. ' ' .
$350 ROBBERY
IN BARRE OFFICE
DEATH OF JOHN REID.
Esteemed Bane Man Died Thia Morn
ingRecently Returned from Newark.
At 7:2.5 this morning, at the home
of Mrs., Margaret Ritchie on Beckley
Safe in D. A. Perry's Real
Estate Agency Stripped
of Money and Bonds
-aaasaaaaBvaawat swan ff
TWO CHECKS LEFT
BY THE ROBBER
The Act W Done Soma
Time Th' day Night,
Aft O'clock
street, occurred the leath of one of
Barre's esteemed citizens, John Jtcid,
Mr. Reid submitted to two unsuccess
ful operations while in Newark, X. ,T.,
and since that time has been in gradu
ally failing health. He returned to
Barre a few weeks ago.
Mr. Reid was born in Aberdeen, Scot
land, on May la, inrz, and he came
to the United States in 1800, settling
in Barre, where ha' resided until four
years ago, when lie went to jNew jer
sey, beinir employed three years as
steward of the Forest Hill Oolf club in
New ark and one year in a similar ca
pacity with the Somerville Country
lub.
Upon first coming to Barre, Mr. Reid
entered upon hi trade as a stonecut
ter, being employed for 14 years by
the firm of Young Bros. Following
this he served for three years as stew
ard of the Vincitia club, just liefore
leaving Barre for Xew Jersey.
In 1SI2, Mr. Reid was married to
Annie Mortimer, who survive him. Be
side his wife, he leaves three daugh
ters, Mrs. John Daniel and Mrs. Hen
ry Taylor of Newark, X. J., and Miss
Edith A. Reid of the Aldfich public
library in thi city; also three 'grand
children; three sister, Mrs. Alex.
Cruickshank of Barre, Mrs! Belle Tut
tle of Concord, X. H., and Mr. Xellie
Marr of Glasgow, Scotland; three
brother, William Reid of Bellow
Fall. George Reid of Springfield, Mass.,
and Jamea Reid of Glasgow, Scotland.
Mr. Reid wa an interested partici-
. . .. i e : , ..
pant in tne traiernai we oi mji
beine an active member of the Ma
ons, the Modern Woodmen, Clan Gor
Hon. the Red Men. the Manchester
Unity of Odd Fellows and the Gran
ii Cutters' union. He wa also an
enthusiastic promoter of the Barre
lolf Juh. having been a great lover
f the game of golf. He leaves
large number of friend in Barre in
manv walK or me.
The funer! arrangement are not
Vet completed.
BRATTLEB0R0 MAN MISSING
Arthur Pease, a Printer, Disappeared
Tuesday Morning.
Brattlcboro, Aug. 7. Arthur Tease,
n employe in the composing room of
be Brattlcboro Kefornu-r, ha ocea
issiiur since Tuesday morning and
friend and relative have been unable
o locate him. Hia home i in Morri-
ille. and hi brother, Roy, who came
on from Chicago in response to a tele-
gTam from him saying that he wa not
ell, has been unabtw to get any trace
f him. Hi peculiar action had been
oted by several recently, and it i
bought he my have wandered away
ithout realir.ing where he wa going
Practically all hi personal effect
re irt his room at the home of Frank
. Tenney. He is 32 years old, of
slight build, smooth shaven and wears
rimless glasses. He cam here from
the Hardwick Gazette.
AUTO F0SCED OFF BANK
I ELI El EWORLD'S
RECORD MADE
Mrs. Mary Khmd and 'n-Hft, Mr-ra-et.
arrived last cbt trc m Hartfewd.
fossa . to Td week ot 1.we at be
hm r-f Mr.. RVrfi irMVr, Mrs.
Annie Roberta, of V ash-r etryet-
VT hen Aeroplane Carrymt Seven Ta
. sealers Attained a Height of IV
070 Feet Above Sea Level.
Sn Antonio. Teias, Aug. 7 A de
Haviland aeroplane loaded with seven
passenger, piloted by Lieutenant Har
ry Waddington. reached an altitude
tMf IB.070 feet above ea level at the
air service mechanic w hool here yes
terday. Thi i believed t be a world'
record.
CREEKS GET PERMISSION
Ta Oercpy Ccatantioj!e, Say a
Rome Newspaper.
Rome, Ana. J. Au!bonilin to -cupy
Cntanf imsple bs been frnt fe
Grrvka by t He alissd natiows. trtimz
t dfs. ce,,ed hy te er
vajote F.obu.
When It Collided With Another Ma
chine Near Middlebury.
Midllebury, Aug. 7.-me man wa
slightly hurt and three escaped when
two autos vame together at the en
trance to the Xash bridge over the
Xew Haven river early last evening,
one machine plunging ! feet down the
embankment. If it had cone a foot
more it would nae nasiieu nno me
water. The machine were thise of
F.rnest Hammer, whose houe i near
the bridge, and Warren IVlphia cf
Cornwall, who had with him Harold
(adv. Krnest Prevost and Roy Foster
of Middlebury. The latter went down
the bank and the top being up the
csTiipants were saved. One of Fo'er
legs ws sl'ghlly hurt.
The sum ,:,0 in money and Lib
erty bonds ? , tolen from the safe
in the off'C? the D. A. Perry Real
Kstate aj in the Howland building
between 7 o'clock Thursday evening
and 8 o'clock Friday morning, it was
ascertained yesterday afternoon. Of
that property $200 or more was in bills.
When Mrs. Elizabeth Lagore, book
kaeper and cashier for the firm opened
the safe yesterday moraine, a was
her custom, she noticed that the mon
ey wa gone but she thought that a
member of the firm" had taken the
money out to deposit, since the de
posit slip which had been pjaced with
the money was gone. There vva no
disorder in the safe, o that obbnry
was Vot suspected by the bookkeeper
until she had interviewed the members
of the firm, papers and deeds being
left in their customary places and the
safe door locked. '
After the member of the firm had
been talked with, a search of the safe
was made and it wag found that in
addition to the money three $"0 Lib
erty bonds had been taken. The thief
or thieve left two check, amounting
to $32 even though one of the (hecks
for $25 was signed.
One other evidence of robbery was
then recalled by Mrs. Lagore, who re
membered that when she reached the of
fice. Friday morning the doo of the of
fice wa unlocked. At this time this
did not arouse any suspicion' in the
mind of Mrs. Lagore a she considered
the door might have been left un
locked by one of the firm the evening
before. So far there are no clut3 to
the perpetrator of the robbery.
C. W. Perry could not ay for sure
that he had locked the safe Thurs
day night, and ao far as' know n none
others but those connected with the
office know the combination. The in
vestigator concluded that the af wa
left unlockedand entrance to the of
fice gained in a comparatively easy
manner., -
About four year ago fhi office uf-
fered a similar experience though the
amount of money missing was mucli
lighter. Young lads with a -master
key made the break at that tim?, but
it is the belief that this wa not the
work of boys, but someone old"r.
The money consisted of five-, ten- and
twenty-dollar bills for the most part.
ALLEGED GRAIN THEFT.
Sumner Steams Arrested in Water
bury Last Night.
Sumner Stearns, who was arrested
in Watcrbury lat night, wa brought
before Judge E. L. Scott in Montpelier
city court this morning on he charge,
of burglary in the Seabury store in
Waterbury. The proprietors of the
tore had been missing seed for some
time and, failing to detect the thief,
they engaged a detective of the Woud
agency of Boston and last night Mr.
Steam is alleged to have been caught
with four or five bag of seed. He
has made restitution, the um involved
being ufficient to purchase two or
three Fords, according to the state's
attorney.
VERMONT GIRLS VOLUNTEER.
AMERICAN WOMEN LEAVE
G t AttenJ International Council of
Wmr.
New York. Aug. 7. Ilefate of the
National lximd of Women in Ameri
ca, who will lepresent the 1.1 AaV
women affiliated with ar;oo club
throujrbout the ouplry at the Interna
tional I un l f Women at tbristsana
in Septeanber. to. 4. paa;e to-clay cat
the steamer Calabria fr Nap'e. He
fore pro d rg ta Christian, tbe dele
tc p'aa to totir hr sr .a! tra
tSrrxisli l"a'. S iler !ad. KrB'-e ail
iV na ik.
To Act at Demonstrators and Salesla
dies for Vermont Product it
Exposition.
Hie follow inc is a list of girls from
Vermont who have promised to go to
Springfield. Mass., this fall to art a
demonstrator and salesladie for Ver
mont in the Eastern States eipoition:
Florence Brewster, Johnson; Helen
Aiken, Burlington; Dori Slack, Ran
dolph Center; Janice Byinfrton. Char
lotte; Marion Wright. Burlington:
Marion Anker, Barre: Mildred Hooker.
Hardwick; Thelma Edmunds. Morns -ville;
Merle Smaller. Morris ille;
Grenhild Myheburg, Proctor Kleana
Hutton. Bennington: Hilda Martinson.
Barre; Khoda Or is. Manchester; Mary
Miorey, Montpelier: Helen Thorne,
Yergcnnes; Marion Barrow. Johnson.
Florence Barrows, Johnson; Emily
IVdge, Barre.
TOWED CAR IN ACCIDENT
Swept Down Bak aai In OorapaBtt
Were Iajur4.
Ualbngford. Aug. 7 What might
have been a serious accident Occurred
Friday afternewn a Mr. and Mr
Caleb Parri of this place were return
inr from Bennington in their car. -The
car had been giving trouble and finally
was being towed t Danny. When at
. u l L. T. .
a point near r niriiw .
th rope became caught ia the wheel
and t V: car wa thrown to one ude
aad went di the enbarkaient i
distal- of a!wnt t feet.
Mr. and Mr. Tarn were take frcm
under the car awl were W rnuly
injured Mr. rnr reisi bad cwt
,m o .srd. m Koi were hai'.r
p-u'x4 ad shaken, fcat were bmncWt
tte!r w-me. ft i eirsrtl 'kef w V.
I a we.:J . ! 'r a f i dayis