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THE BARUE DAIL TIME VOL. XXV. No. 303. IJAHKE, VERMONT. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1922. TRICE, TWO CENTS. GOVERNMENT BELIEVES COAL STRIKE ON APRIL 1 PRACTICALL Y CERTAIN ARMY BUDGET SHARPLY CUT ; Reduction of $116,000,000 Recommended By . Committee LEADERS OF STRIKE THROW' RIDICULE "GHOST" MERELY ELECTRICITY Officials at Washington Are Represented As Being Without Hope That the Threatened Movement of Miners Can Be Averted or That Conference Will Be Arranged TURN EFFORTS v TO DISTRIBUTING COAL SUPPLY Government Intervention, at Least in the Prelim inaries of the Situation Is Regarded as Practica ly at an End Meanwhile v Miners Gather in New York UNITED STATES WILL INSIST ON RIGHT To Share in Distribution of German Reparation Despite AUie?' Attitude. Washington, D. C, March 13, It was stated on tho highest authority to-day that tho 'American government . does not intend to allow the allies to take all Germany can pay in reparation and leave nothing for tho United 2200 CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH FORCE OF 115,000 . . MEN PROVIDED The High Ground Around Westcliffe, South Afri ca, Was Occupied States as recompense for expenses in- J rvTriTrriT TTTTrWTTCJTC! curred in the occupation of the Kliine- KJli VULU llUINlblb land. RFTNO WORSTED This pronouncement of American governmental policy was occasioned by Many Troops in Foreign Lands Would Be Recalled Under Bill Do Not Think Closing of Knight Mill Should Be Taken Seriously By Srikera. ' Providence. R. I.. Manrh 13. The! eighth week of the Khole Island tex tile strike opened quietly to-day in the Pawtuxet valley, vhere the first tex tile workers walked out Jan. '23 I in protest against notices of a 20 per cent wage reduction and an increase ' jiouib. . rtA-VCIT T -vm-DTTT-XT Military were on guard at tiie Aa. ; O-rt-i O IU. o. ,J DIlejI NEW AUTOMOBILE FIRM. John B. Kelley and John T, Nelson Lease Paquet Garage. John B. Kelley and John T. Nekon, i both of Barre, have leased the Paquet 'showrooms and garage at the corner . i I of Summer and Merchant streets, and ' . .' have also taken the agency for tho Vila lViary Jlilien miSCnieV-uunroiet car. Mr. Paquet is to re in vneir employ, possession vo ously Braided Tails of McDonald's Cows " Washington, D. C., March 13. Gov ernment officials were represented to day as being Without hope that the threatened coal strike tan be avertei or that . the proposed conference be tween the operators and miners would be arranged. It was indicated tliat gov ernment intervention at least in the nrellminaries of the situation was i practically at an end. " Holding that a strike call April 1 is almo t inevitable, government officials, according to the view presented to-day "on hich authority, now are chiefly in forested in seeing that a sufficient sup ply of coal is maintained lor tne coun Irv as a whole. The situation with respect to a suffi rient supply of coal, it was stated on the same authority, U not acute. There now is at the surface of coal mines and in stocks at consuming centers, it was declared, enough coal to last the coun try for ten weeks with the prospects, it was auiica, inat run auppiy w uc augmented by production from non-union mines and from operations in union territory which department of labor re ports showed are covered ( iy settle ments between ie miners' committee nd local associations of mine oper xtors . "The degree of the government's in (erveiition in this strike . situation," a sigh oflicial to-day declared in explain ing the policy agreed upon, "must be determined by the extent of the pnblic Inconvenience and suffering which i fa used by the strike." It was intimated that the government did not propose lo enter upon any attempt to force a fonference between the operators and llic miners by legal or other means Comment was withheld to-day upon (he possibility that railroad lalwr un Ions might be drawn into the struggle ifter April 1. but there, were , indica- lions that the department's agents did not consider this as an imminent tac lor in the situation. Production of bituminous coal eon linuesj to increase slowly, according to Ihe current weekly report of the I nit- td (states topological Mtrvey, which placed the stock on hand on the first f the year 54,700,0(10 tons. In the seek ending March 4, production reached 1,013,000 tons, v - HARD COAL MINERS PREPAREFOR PARLEY Demands are Formulated and To-day's Meeting Largely to Map Out Plans. New York, March , 13. The scale rommittce of the anthracite mine sorkers nVt here to-day to plan'for Ihe joint conference with the represen tative of the hard coal operators on Wednesday. The demands to lie presented to the perators were formulated at eonven-; lion held in iShamokin in January and to-day'a meeting of the miners was leveled largely to mapping out pro t led u re. The scale committee is under in- it ructions from the convention "to per fect- arrangements providing Tor nisncnsion of mining on April I :be event that no satistactory agree-k- nent has been arrved at as of that late." a press dispatch from Paris to the ef- Monev for Their CamDaiffll feet that allied governments eontem-r"1"" AU1 A"cli xauijjcu,n plated deferring payments to the Unit cd States for the Rhineland occupation on the ground that the American gov- crnment had not ratified the treaty of ersailles. Such a position "on the part of the filliau if wfla atnlp1 would lie indefen- ' ' . ,yr xi. , . - .1 11 i sible as it could. not be maintained for Jiarcn io tny me Assoiiaieu irem,. a moment, either, morally or legally. Kiovernment forces are proceeding with Ihe further statement, was made that ret. sner-esa nihilist the revolution Said to Have Come From Abroad " . , - ' '-, - Pretoria, Union of South Africa, under the terms of the armistice, the American forces remained in the Rhine- land at the expressed request of the al lied governments and there was. an ex plicit agreement that this country should be reimbursed for the cost of keeping its troops on the Rhine, lata, according to an official commu nique issued at midnight. The state ment says: J'The total number of prisoners tak en in the operation in the central area is 2200. Our forces occupied with Under the Versailles treaty, it was but Blight casualties the "high ground explained, the cost of 4ccupation of the around estelitle. various allied armies in Germany was "In the eastern area Major General made a first chargo against war costs an Peventer a troops forced the rev- assessed upon Germany. It was agreed olutionaries to retire into Benoni. In by the allies, it was said, that the the western afea our forces reached United States should share equally Krugersdrop lil miles northwest of with the allies in those payments. (Johannesburg) and are now pushing the Lilted States has been "ex- eastward. We have occupied Riebfon- tremeiy indulgent' in tm matter oi Uein." (In British Ilechuaraland.) payment or us army in ucrmany, it was said, and intimations in press dis- London, March 13 (By the Associ patches from Europe that the United ated Press). An agency 'dispatch from mates was applying unauo pressure in .lohMnncslmrcr thin afternoon savsa seeking payment ot money rightfully "Through the capture of spies and accruing to it were characterized as documents it was learned that the malicious. Ihe American government mowy for the 'red revolution' came 1 j hoan Itvinir tt final In a m,',. uvtn. ! . , , " v"e - "j i trom anroad. pathetic way m this matter, it was as- ..jt expn;ted that peace will soon en icu, mm no iucbv w l'nJ wvtn, restored. wnicn was irant-nuiiea 10 uie aiwu p.oTn:fl, rtll,a ianA .i.Umont nnance ministers last weeK was made Rcuter's Johannesburg corrcs on y because reports from hurope had j0nl,tnt gavg declaring that the pres indicated the alhfs would partition the nt revoluiionarT m()Veiiient is th, navments from Germany without con sidering the right of the United Ktates. It was raid that while the United States does not want to create a situs tion which would bo inimical to the best interests of all It will stand on its rights under the terms, of the armistice, AMERICAN CLAIM IS SHUNTED OFF Hat Been Referred By Finance Min- ' ! isters to Their Got-ernments. Paris, March 13 (By the Associated Press). The decisions reached by the allied finance ministers Saturday as to the distribution of the first billiou marks of German reparations payments among the allies will probably be brought to the attention of the allied reparations commission in time for dis cussion by the commission at to-mor row's meeting. At the same time the commission- will receive notiltcation that the allied governments have re- the work of extremists who are using the Strike at the mines as a cloak for the dissemination of syndicalist views. The premier declared the military position is well in hand and with the co-oper ation of the loyal citixens who are ae-, lively - Supporting the government,' it should not , take long to re-establish peaceful conditions. nr. Mnuis aoua tnat wnne a gen eral strike in South Afrk-a has been declared the mass of workers and trades unioniits outside of the Band have refused to be stampeded into it. The feature of the situation, he says. has been the exemplary behavior of the natives. BELIEVE A RADICAL HURLED BOMB late American Legation at Sofia Sat urday Night A Suspect Eluded Capture. Sofia. Bulgaria, March 13 (By the Associated Pre). I lie explosion in the American legation Saturday night ferred back to it for reply, the recent is believed lv the authoiUie to have German memorandum concerning rep- been caused bv a boml thrown from at ion payments. I the street into the legation conserva The American claim for :.'4 1,000,000 tor v. Paser!iv pursued a man who for the expenses of the army of occu-1 may have been responsible for the out- pation will receive ainerent treatment, i rage, but he eluded them id the dark having been reierrea by the nnance nees, Washington, D. C, March 13. With provisions which would necessitate re duction of the regular army to 115,000 enlisted men and 11,000 officers, the army appropriation bill, carrying &2"0,3r3,03ii.67, wasi reported to-day by the- House appropriations commit tee. The amount recommended for the military and non-military activities of the war department during the coming fiscal year- is a reduction of $110,000, 000 from the total appropriated for the current year and $H7,99fi,0S0.80 less than budget estimates; As drafted by a sub-oommitlee headed by Representative . Anthony, Republican," Kansas, the bill would re quire the return to the United States by next July of all troops stationed in Chinai 0o00 men from Hawaii; about 2,000 men from the Panama ca nal zone and all but 500 oflicers and men in the army of occupation on the Rhine. No limitation k proposed on the ' number of men ta be maintained in the Philippines, the committee's re port.atating, however, that Secretary Weeka believes that under present conditions "sonic reduction" can ' be made in the force there. The contemplated withdrawals, it was said, would leave 5,000 men in the Hawaiin islands, and a like number in the canal none. The present actual strength of the army was given by the committee as about 13,000 oflicers and 132,000 men, exclusive of 7,000 Philippine couts. An appropriation of .27,635,2o0 i recommended for con tinuance of work on various river and harbor improvements, for which the chief of engineers requested $43,000, 000, 12,43 1,000 for the air service against $15,000,000 requested, and $21, 130,200 for the National Guard! about $H,(HK),0fH) less than budget estimates. The committee recommended $500,- 000 for the chemical warfare service, I declaring that sum sufficient to provide for a "minimum 'amount of develop ment work and training along lines compatible with present conditions" and for maintaining. Kdgcwood ar senal in stand-by condition. An ap propriation of $2,750,000 is recommend ed for supplies and equipment of the reserve officers' training corps, and $1, KOO.000 for civilian military training camps. The bill carries $7,740,009 for the ordnance department to meet, in addi tion to other expenses, the cost of maintaining a skeleton force at arsen al to "keep alive the knowledge of the method of manufa(ure.' The amount carried in the bill for tick and Pontiao mills, where riot oc curred Feb. 20. James if. Dick, or ganizer of the Amalgamated " Textile Workers, one of the leadera of,the strike organization in the districfTdc- dared to-dy that action of the R. K. and B. Knight company in announcii.-, an indefinite shutdown of thee mills was not to be taken seriously. ", The company haa money invested in the plants," he declared, "and they will not keep them closed indefinitely." In Hopa and Crompton where mills have been re-opened recently under guard, picketing went on as usual. The Hope company claimed to be making progress in inducing workers to return to its plant, butno statement was madw- as to the number of persons at work. At Crompton,, where overseers and second hands were operating part of the machinery in the f'rompton Corduroy and Velvet company's finisb- ing department Friday and Saturday, picketing was heavy to-day. The mill officials claimed to be satisfied With tho result of the re-opening, but were reticent as to the number of appli cants for work. AFTER HARD SEARCH main be given on March 15. Mr. Nelson and Mr. Kelley, together with Mr.' Kelley, are in Boston at the present time, at tending the automobile show, having gone yesterday. They expect to Iks away during the greater part of the week. ,. :. ,. . , '- , The new lessees plan to make some repairs at the garage and will be ready to do Various kinds of work In connec- "i i. i Tvr;ii, xt cj Tn T tion with automobile repair. Both are Caledonia MUIS, iN. b., IS in weu known business men of Barre, Mr. Line With PowerfutRa dio Stations Boston, March 13. Edward J. O'Brien, scientist and author, declared to-day 'that the ghost of Antigonish wa in reality the product' of electri cal energy. After a month's investigation in the Nova Scotia country, where lie waa lecturing at St. Francis Xavier uni versity when tho ghost stories first Kelley having been connected with the clothing business for some time and Mr. Kelley being a member of the Dewey Column Cutting works. Mr. Kelley will continue his clothing busl nes. ',: BARRE TRUST CO. ORGANIZES. Frank E. Lang ley Was Elected Pre si dent; E. W. Biabee Vice-President Stockholders of the new Barre Trust company to the number of 32 met at the old banking rooms of the Barre havings bank -Saturday afternoon and organized by the election of NOT MERELY ONE "LIOUOR PALACE' But Several Will Be Kept Afloat Out aide the Three-Mile Limit, ' ' Sy Martin. New York, March 13. Plans for the "floating liquor palMce" which J. V. Martin has announced will be sta tioned in the Atlantic outside the three-mile limit, are going forward, ac cording to Martin, in pitc of the an nouncement of Roy A. Ilaynes, federal prohibition commissioner, that the vessel will not be permitted. ' Furthermore, declares Martin, who say he hi the agent of other financial-; ly interested, a second and possibly a third "liquor palace" will be construct-j ed, should the first be successful. Jn answer to, tommlsiner Hayncs as sertion that he will neck action to thwart the scheme, Martin says that there is nothing in the international law that, forbids resort of this char acter. . .Martin asserts that the "recrecation vessel" will be as large as the steam ship Leviathan, that it will be -nm-structed in Kurope, by European work men, and that the investment will amount to $10,000,000. The vessel, it is planned, will have five sections, each representing a different country with the fonds, liquors and wines of those countries. a board were told, O'Brien said be found that of directors aa follows: Edward W. strong wireless currents between the Bisbee, Fred II. Rogers, Joseph B. San- t. crroat wii .lotkm. .t W.-llfW guinew, uiuron sinew, dosepii u. SHERIFF FOUND STILL. Liss., and Glace Bay, N. fV, xun through the valley of Caledonia Mills, where stands the home of Alex Mac Donald, scene of the eerie events. "The MaeDonahls," said O'Brien, "will have to move their house out of the range of the powerful radio cur rents if they wigh to avoid ,the ghost like incidents. If not the bouse may be burned down when the atmospheric conditions are just right, as they were when the fires were set around the barn." The braiding of the tails of the Mae Donald cows, which ha 'been consid ered another of the manifestations of the unseen - influence, was dn! by Mary Ellen, the Antigonish farmer's foster daughter, because it was "great sport," in the opinion of O'Brien. i Harold Whiddcn, the reporter who; had experiences of his own when he j went to mvestisrate tliose of the Mac Donald family, continued O'Brien, was "completely carried away by his en tliuniasm and really believed that ghost slapped him. Calcagni, Quincy H. Terry and Frank E. Langley. The stockholders voted that tho di rectors be authorized and empowered to , maka such proposals ami agree ments respecting the purchaw of the assets of the Barre Savings Bank & Trust company as in their judgment seemed bet. Following the stockholders' meeting, the directors met and organized by electing Frank E. Langley president and Edward W. Bisbee vice-president. BAINBRIDGE REIfNIE. Barre Young People Married Satur day Evening. , POLICE CAUGHT MAN IN STORE Harold Cheever Broke Into N. D. Phels Cos Early Sunrv Morning CRASHJ OF GLASS HIS UNDOING . Pleade guilty When Ar- raign' J?JTo-day on Charge ?'f Burglary RAIDED SPECIAL POLICEMAN. Among Nine Brattleboro Places Visit ed Saturday Night. Brattleboro, March 13. Nine officers headed by Sheriff Frank L. Wellman made six raids in search of liquor, be ginning late Saturday night and finish ing about 4 o'clock Sunday morning one of the place being the home of a special police officer. In every place they found either luruor or evidence that liquor had just been turned into the sewer. The raids were made on complaint of State's Attorney Harold E. Whit ney at the home of Maurice Gissen. junk dealers hpecml Policeman Ihom as Dovle, Mrs. Sabano Harbaretti, But Operator of Equipment Near Es sex Junction Not Found. Essex Junction, March 13. Sheriff James If. Allen, located a still in an old a idonecl house, formerly owned M-. Lillian' More, John Shippee and by the late William O'Brien at Lost Frank Juscen, laliorers. , A quart of Nation on the road to II rich am hill moonshine wa found at Gissen's, a yesterdav. I keg of home brew at Juscen's, and The still, though not in operation at 'some blackberry wine at Mrs. Morse's, the present time, had been recently for In the other places they found boU!es there was an oil stove w ith two burn-i that had just been emptied and iu one era. a Conner boiler, notato mnli mn. 1 nine a Imttln was thrown out of a sea coa,t fortification, the committee j p,r Bna a of the finished window and wa pocked up by an offi- n-fnii mi, um nui fiiuo iui hit product, mat the whole paraphernalia new projects, but would go entirely hj been installed in this place verv re- ministers ta their governments, which j probably will lead to direct negotiations. Call to National Banki. Washington, D. C, March 13.-The comptroller of the currency to-day is sued a call for the condition of all na- ional banks at the close of business on riday, March 10th. A MUSEUM TREASURE. ALL TIIE INJURED W ILL RECOVER Ancient Golden Cup Found in China Now on Ezhibiticn. Very old, beautiful, and worth' liter- 11 v more than its weight in gold is a little Chinese cup placed recently on exhibition at the Metropolitan museum. The little cup i of pale gold, three inches in diameter by a little more than that Inch. It is hammered in to shape, finrlv modeled and delicately. ltuin. It stands upon a nng base, e- jn'pandcd slightly at the bottom, and the one of its two bandies which remain, ras and molded, is the figure of a lion one and one-half inches long, crouch ing, biting the aolid rim of the cup. The only adornment of the cup. the simpli city of which ia its great beauty, ia an engraved border at the top, a continuous scroll -on a tooled background. The cup is said to have been found in the province of Honan, and from it condition evidently came f -ora the bot tom of a river or well. Siher and sil ver gilt cups have prev Hnily been found imefn the treasures of China, but so far a known this is the f) rt one of (fold that has been discovered and it is dainty and delicate enoiiph enouph to have twen uird by sumr princess. New York Time. Both the police and the American minister, ( barb S. Wilson, believed the act to be that of a mad man or a radical seeking revenge, for th"! American 'policy in regard to soviet Russia. A person dreod as a workingman twice recently had attempted t; see Mr. Wil-on and the Americnn consul, renewing his attempts Saturday. A mas meeting held as a demon stration for the autonomy of Thrace yesterday wa turned into a procession which went to the American legation ami cheered Minister Wilson. A memo rial condemning the bombing of the legation was delivered to Mr. Wilson. RESOUED FROM NIAGARA. " She Read the Adrertismtat. lrrangementa Being. Made for Burial of Seven Killed in Train Disaster at Camp Creek, Ga. Atlanta, fia, March 1.1 All .f the W persons irjured in the derailment ind detnn-tion of an Atlanta, Bir mingham t Atlnntic pas-nper " U f a train en route to Kit rgf raid at Tamp Crerk early Sunday were pro-uiK-ed out of diryi-r to-djiy. and ar ancemetit were Uinjr completed f'r hinal of the even person killed. j I'l'" the dreeing table in the bride ' The dead arej boudoir stood a mall. ha!low nit (J. T. I !n-'r. easier, l-al station '('jh ial. Ia the bottom of the v inl K. R.'A A. Ra. .; i niffir.v. eould I n - finltih Wkinit '.V. V. Mr!nth, In trial howl. " an btace rcwmHlng p!t--nng thst I i.tk t'.'y. ihad been dried and puhenwd. R. C. li; ,-r. T If. A'j ' "And what i tht:"aked the rri- I. W i f, .- r;.r. -. ia. ;a. "I read." d , the l-r,de ;mpty. fr. I. li- On ih.-j Ji.-. At uti4. 4i. "that one eouH k-'p mi e! ' r e l XI. I'r. K Ur-'. rn V tt Ti i.-- dy rw;h I taat ia uawJ"- Way f r j I x.n j'Xi.i , Maa-1 ., . it Tales. Two Brother Were Being Borne on let Cake to t'e Falls. Xiaifara Fall-. N. V.. Manh 13. John and Kdward Bull, brother, a (red 18 and 13 years. repectivelr, were rescued bv lstmen to-day from a cake of k in the Nmirara river, about a mile above the fall a they were being borne down tfcam towards the catara. The loy had lieen pluvinj on the k-e along the Amerh-an i-bore of the rier. at IjiSalle, when the lee broke away and floated out into the rier. In a minute or two after the hoys were taken o(T in a boit, the he mke broke into many pieces. whi-h were arj.t d'lia the current over the falls. for maintenance of existing fortifica tions and for continuing the construc tion of a limited number of sea coast gun. The total recommended for river and harbro improvmeents, about $1.).(XM, Ooo le-s than the amount sought by the chief of engineers, is carried as a lump sum and projects on which work would be continued are not soecihed. None of the appropriation will go for new project', however. For the subsistence of the sraiv the committee recommended $1(5,500,000, approximately $13,000,000 less than lat year's appropriation. The sub-committee which spent three months in holding lienrinpt and framing the bill reported that "the excessive cot of maintaining the reg ular army over pre-war expenditure was found to lie largely due to the "expensive methods of its admimstra tion." "It seems to be the fixed policy of the general stall to etui ion full di visions In Hawaii and Panama, the report said, "hxcept in times of cmer pencr it in not lielievcd such a policy is iu-tified. as it will cot as mu.-h to maintain the-e two diviums in 1 una ma and Hawaii as our entire reirular army oust us in the yeara following the Spanish war." ' 'ommenting on the ooet of main taining troops on the Rhine, the com mittee calls attention to Germany" failure tr pay the cost. The commit tee also dWlared that "no adquate reason has been shown for the mainte nance of the troop in Cliina." cently is evident from the fact that lumliermen who have been hauling wood for the Drury Brick A Tilo com pany this winter had been through this' old house and there was then no sign of a .still nor anyone looking for such Indictment a place to install one. The shack has lxfn vacant for a GAS MANTLE TRUST IS A Or ALLEGED COWICTED WOMAN NAMES TW O "SLAYERS' Mr. Louise Pceta, Serving Life Impris onment for Iff order of Jacob C. Bea ton, Makes Startliaz Declaration. ? 1 ee tin .-.n yteriti. dc-ii;td In- Ang-'ei mt-n a !ieri f J H- nt-r. w-:tSv m- Am - DRASTIC REMEDIES. To Put Down Disorders in Ulster Pro posed. Belfast, March 13. (Hy the Asso ciated Press. The king's speech re- good many years the windows have been broken out and the openings boarded up. NEW EVIDENCE IN ' ARBUCKLE, TRIAL Promised By Both Prosecution and De fense at Opening of Third Trial Ssn Franciwo, March 13. Uoscoe C Abiicklc to day for the third time laced trial on charge, of man Brought Against Concerns and Eight Individuals. Three A quiet wedding was solemnized on Saturday evening at 8 o'ckx'k when Peter Bainbridge and Mia Mary Ren nie were united in marriage at the Con gregational parsonage on 48 Perry street, Kev. F. L. Goodspeed officiat ing. The single ring service was used. Both of the contracting parties are well known in Barre, the bride being employed at present at the Depot Square restaurant aa a waitress. The groom is a granite cutter and, is pop ular among the younger people ot the ble slipped nifwn hnterpnse alley and city. rcconnoitered from tho rear. Then, go- Mrs. Bainbridcre i the daughter of 1 ing around to the Main street entrance George and Isabella Bennie of Branch he peered into the etore and saw a man street and Mr. Bainbridze is the son just entering the oflice in the rear of of Mrs. 'Jane Bainbridge. He re ides 1 the store. with his mother at 3 Buruell place.' 1 resently i'atrolman Alurley arrived ana ne ana otners were stationed about "rrn" rrrnrr irrrTC ll i' escape, seeing m mo fylu n R.VKtC, MCjCiIj I came was up, the intruder opened a t imm iv V ntw rrrlrear window and dropped on the scene. uijiuiuwi, i vuivjU cheever was questioned closely and The crashing of glass in the alleyway between the Gordon and Miles buildings on North Main street .early Sunday ' morning was the tip, which led the po lice to the capture of an intruder in the N. 1). Phelps company store before he had a chance to get away with any thing. When taken in hand, the in truder proved to be Harold Cheever, aged 22 years, of Barre. The policertook from Cheever a short- handlcd screwdriver and a glasscutter, the only weapons of offense or defenso which, he carried. When quizzed by the police, Cheever told about being dis couraged over the work question and when ahked why he broke into the Phelps store he replied: "Well, what you goin' to do starve?" But tho young man'a personal appearance rath-' er belied the starvation story as he was well-dressed and wore a ahcepskin- lined coat. " ' The method of entering the store first tried was to cut the glass In a door and turn the lock by inserting a hand: but the intruder found himself up against a nailed door and a radiator besides. Kntrance that way being found to be futile, he proceeded to break tho glass sufficiently to permit him to squeeze Ins body through the aperture. It was this additional breaking of glass which led to hit undoing, for a person nearby heard the clatter of glass and lost no time iu telephoning the police station. Deputy Chief-Gamble got the message and after 'phoning to Patrolman Murley, who was out on beat, and to Chief Sullivan, who had gone home for the night, Deputy Gam- Harvard Student and "Ex-Pue" Was Center of Disturbance in "Mary's," an Eating Bouse. AVatertown. .Muss.. March 13. Ihe arrest for intoxication of Frederick R. Wedge, student at the Harvard grad uate school of education, was a matter of formal record in the district court here to-day. The police blotter,. con taining the latest, entry in the speetaC' ular career of 'Kid' Wedge, Wiscon sin lumberjack, prize fighter, Univer sity of Arizona graduate, school prin bis clothing was searched, with the re sult that the screwdriver and the glasseuttcT were found. Nothing from :he store was found in his possession; and Mr. l'helpsy head of the concern, who was summoned later, found that nothing in the store had been tampered with. As a matter of fact, said Mr. Phelps, there was nothing to take ex cept hardware from the" shelves. In their quizzing of the prisoner, the police tried to connect Cheever with a break last Wednesday night at another place on North Main street; but the young man stoutly denied any connec tion with the previous break, although the size of the screwdriver blade waa such as to correspond with a mark on the New York, March ,13. The United Gas Improvement company, the Wels bach company, the Cities Illumiuating comany. Inc., and eipht individuols were indicted to-day by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating the Sher man anti-trust law. The individuals named jn the indict- ment were Samuel T. Bodine, Randal ' nck KriN' ,He w" inAh'l ?wn cipal and student of educational psy cioi.v. w crimen inio cou.w uuv th) woodr0rk near a window in lite subject oi tne entry was nou ia ac- ,r. ,.i.Uwt lV,1neHo nirrl,f coruance wiin u.e pracuce in u is iown, Tb,t he manifested a considerable the prisoner was relca?ed without ar- UPfrrfe of confidence in the Phelps com-. mif.iMn.-Mi,, us m wuruui-.. Inanv break was shown hv his nnnehal. wedge, K years or age, attracted na- ,.. ; li.htinir ei.r after .,.i-i.. liomu aneimon iririiiiy urn utr s , taTfl -n1 nroeeed n( to smote admitted to tne Harvard graauate h Wfnt bout the plaee- The ,peed m-iiuoi, a man i inwn u uuu ..,u,(i.v witJl wh,cn the pom-e, worked after get his way up from the secondary prize tin the firRt t of tro,,,,, surprised rings, ile was in .Marys lunch room nim rT grKn aftir he had maae his here early thi morning, tne center oiiwav jnto tne store, the disturbance, when a policeman was! Wbcn taken into city court to-day, called. After being arrested he gave the voung man pleaded guilty to tlio his name and papers found on his per- charge of burglary and Judge Scott son siipporwu uis lueiimj. I continued the cae unt il this afternoon At Harvard university to-day it was fr ,ntence. Grand Juror William said an inquiry would be made into Wishart waa the prosecuting officer. ne jHt is. gIMj tbe young man was not repreacnt- neage voin noum omcii mi "'"led by an attorney although his fa condition was due to the tact mat neither appeared and asked that tha too wiuskey last nignt to ngnt on an i young man bo placed on probation, Mopgan,. Sidney. Mason,. George. M. Landers, Arthur K. Shaw, William Findlay Brown, Kugenc S. Neiladd, t harles Taterson "and other persons a oartv in Arbucklca suite at the Ho-1 aP- but was ordered sealed at the re tel St." Francis. Labor day lat year, i0.'" o Attorney Daugherty. The .... .. I I I . A .i .. : t i i . Evidence, not olfered at either of the "i coun. preceding trisls, is promised by both defense and prosecution. Doubt was expressed to-day in the corridors outside Superior Judge Har old lAiuiJerback'a court whether the panel of Wi prospective jurors would be sufficient to provide a jury. HARDING COMING BACK. Plans to End Hia Southern Vacation Soon. Fort Pierce, Ha., March 13 Bv th A-soeiated Press ). President llardinz The conspiracy complined of bv the government was formed in 10U and l!l." and it charged that the conspira tors controlled the entire output of street gas light mantles. . When this was accomplished, the indictment al leges the conspirtors boosted- theh price of mantles in more than 200 cities throughout the country. Some of the cities have more than 24.000 street lights for which gas mantles are used it was alleged. J30 VENIREMEN CALLED. room at the time, he said, and had no intention of leaving the room. FEW JURY CASES. WARNER SHOCKED BY ASPERSIONS .i.., ,,.!.... i,. .!.,. I, unknown to the errand iurv." I - - I of Miss Virginia Rappe, who died bf ter j 1 " indictment was returned a week! Are to oe iriea m wasningioa vouniy jells About First Learning of Aileged Court. Not many jury cases are expected to come up for trial at the March term of Washington count v court, opening to-morrow, although 39 cases have been set for trial. The slander case of v il ia m H. Weseott et al va. Alfred A. Boyce appears likely to be tried. This case was tried ny Jury at the Septem ber term, but the jury disagreed. Judge Fred M. Butler will preside. with Side Judgea Lewis Coburn and expe-ts to conclude bis ai-ation aml,For tB TriaI 'Caleb Cunningham of lrae St. Augustine Friday for Wash ington. he intimated to ,ly. .Mr. Harding expisrts to go as fnr soul a as rim tvacti on the Mclican E. Milton, Masa. Slander By Lieutenant Got ernor Fuller. Taunton, Mass., March IS. Fi- Speaker Joseph E. Warner resumed the witness stand in superior court to-day. in his $100,000 case against Lieutenant Governor Alvan T. Fuller alleging slan der in the 1920 state campaign.' Mr. ' Warner reviewed hia record in the George Dale. The jury is to report! House aa chairman of the wayo and Wednesday afternoon Mark II. Moody, executor, baa en tered suit in county court . against C. H. Douglas, C. B. Adams appears for the plaintiff. r. r. Pem has entered suit aganst C. ('. Tatt, Mr. Adams al so appear for tbe plaint iff in this case. opening the iTMer parliament to nvr- j h-iuscWt, and return from .there to- row will reier lo tne situation in nei - nuirrmt aiwr Hedliam. Masa, March 13. A iwnel U lavlon A. Murray and Herbert G of 150 veniremen reported at the Nor-j Wood hate entered suit aaginst Al folk county superior court to-day as'fred Brazier. K. I Laird and E. H. material for the eeleiiion of jury to j Dcavitt appear for the plaintiffs. irv aieu ixirnig tiniun"!iMm. a "QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE." fternoon by rail to M. Angus last created lv the re-cni outi.reak ol ' , t ,. wealthy resident of hast Milton, fis terrorism and'will also dV.l with the . " L "L?lln f 7TV -'.id- ?er. oid. for the in.mler of John John- ... discussing his plans for the remainder ,,f sl Uuinrv an I,.,,.,. -. general position in n.thern Ireland, t . f the lrip. " would s.y that the ;", V " "'""""y is Irarm-d. j party will leave St. Augu.line f or j ' j'jins,,n w, .ot and killed while The lister gternment plans a sur ash-.ngton after the golf game Fn-!,,,(- wnod n Cunninghant'o prop- prise ry pivng notice oi ine mi rouuc- ;erty. It is alleged that the owner of sailing the Sour-power tion at an early date oi a ursslic iil -aim .,wr ? sunsiune gTeeiet tw.n, estate had long lieen troubled bv for tbe r.prsion of disonhra and president, and with Speaker i;ilet, p..her and, finding Jolusson on hia crime. Tbe measure would empower Nerretary Fletcher and K. B. Mdx-an, erotin.! at mid da v. shot him. An the rxetutive played a round of ydf . uncle of Cunningham. Inward I. Cun on the course here. ninL-bam. was shot and killed bv three 1 a !n.l if nei-r-ssary. tn detr.y them. j Mr. Itsrd;ng sari le hs.J n.-t hrtrd ' rn. hera a generation ago. j The hi!! also woiihl f-ofer power up- of the retried attack by S't-K-rintrn-l- j .lu.lge tieorge A. Sandersoiu will re nins n ie authorities enoipMriy to t We eel Anderson of tSe Anti-NaUn 'aide at the trial. Attirnev Mierman I j-rtrter. for w t,.-e i-th vlrs. reela.aisd barrh-a-le danger sjsds. leag le on fTre t on-: it -it lona league Whipple, asitel bv John W. it.-- w r.-srt! f murder d uShs-kI i lb na!ti for thie f.-ond wi!i anil ' allpgd "boojw ink-n" ,f ilr. Arsr.iev and Tho-rma K. M-Anarnev t-- life ir-.pn-onBK-tit. ao-r 1-ng Vi Mrs. J arms r nn-ier iruTitaes w hi si Hardibg and other members of the w ill represrnt t unrdnghma. 1 lie state's j f" A.--'a K-fiaran. p!.shrrfsst aJ s-' irilte r!r!r their participation m aJmiEs-Ualmn itito t-enimin sun- cae will I- presented l-v I stri-t At- ca; swtrr, t: Ax Angeica. snijag votiki r-e prentiy lncrcaae. t-crs. torney Frcderak O. Kateman. means committee and as speaker. He said he first learned of tbe attack msl ii his f harart er bv Mr. Fuller on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 31. 1020. and said he was astounded and shocked a it was tbe fir-t time his in tegrity had ever been attacked. He had answered the charges, he said, on thw evening of Sept. 1, in convention ball at Boston. A letter was introduced aa evidence ahieh was sent by Mr. Fuller fpt. I, 19J). to Mr. Warner, in whjen Air. rol ler stated that he stood for "honest tn Detienation of Sen. Johnson forlGod- politics no against "crooked aa Krav-isr-o, Mar. h 13--XIr. Iou-,the authorities to take possession of ta. in a sts? w .t at Ssn iuen-! premiers trom wlu-h sniping otvurcd Four-power Treaty. Washington. I. C, March 13 As- treatv as a 'quadruple alliance" Senator Johnson Republican, California, told the Senate to-day that its ratification woulj seam not only a recession from American tradition, but a national surrender under threat of foreign powers. I hell" politics, and which contained a list of questions which Mr. Fuller asked Mr. Warner to answer. Dramatic Critk Defot Dead. New York. Marrh IV-Lou i V. IV- f.. dramatic Titic id the New York NO EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. For U. S. Government Over Railroais Within a Stale. Vashinrto V. C, Manh li Rail roads within a state, engsged in inter state cotnmer'-e. ate not exlvirly rh-n the jnrisii't ion of the federal gniernsnrnt in the ojs"ralKn sni orhl for more than twenfv 'fin, lm.inm'M v-f their piois-rtse tb died early to day of pneuaaonia, atfrrm court tads? decided.