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THE BARRE DAILY - TIMES I- Y 1 VOL. XXVI. No. 211. PRESIDENT APPEALS TO SA VE COUNTR Y FROM r "STAGGERING LOSSES' Now Imposed in Opera " tion of War-built' Mer chant Fleet And To Give Guarantee of Commer cial Independence in the Time of Peace ACTUAL SAVING TO GOVERNMENT WOULD RESULT From Enactment of Mer chant Marine Law, He Told Congress in Special Message To-day De clares Other Nations Are Opposed To Our Ameri can Merchant Marine Washington, D. G, Nov. 21. Enact ment of the administration merchant marine bill was urged upon Congress to-day by President Harding an nec essary to relieve the government of present "staggering losses" in opera tion of the war-built merchant fleet, and to establish a program of assured shipping to serve the nation in war and give a guarantee of commercial in' dependence in time of peace. , Personally addressing a joint! ses sion " of the House and Senate, the executive declared an actual monetary saving to the government would re sult from the proposed law He chal lenged every insinuation of favored in terests and the enriching of the special few at the expense of the public treas ury. The legislation, he asserted, au tomatically guarded against enrich ment or perpetual bestowal. "If success attends, as we hope it will," he added, "the government out Jay is returned, the insp'rration"of op portunity to earn remains, and Amer ican transportation by sea is main tained." The president said, concern aoout the' American merchant marine policy was not limited "to our own domain," adding that the maritime nations of the world were in "complete accord wiffi the opposition here to the pend ing measure." - 1 y He declared those nations had a rerfect right to such an attitude, hut hat he wished to stress the American viewpoint which he said should be (he viewpoint "from which one sees Amer ican carrier at sea, the independence of American commerce and American vessels for American reliance in the event'of war." Mr. Harding declared it would be most discouraging if , a measure of "suh transcending national import ance" must have iU fate depend on geographical, occupational,' profession al or partisan objection. A commer cial eminence on the seas and ample agencies for the promotion in carry ing of American commerce, he assert ed were of no less importance to the people of the Mississippi and the Missouri valley, the great northwest and the Rocky mountain states than 4o the seaboard states and industrial communities inland. ' "It is a common cause, with ill ben efits commonly shared," said he. If government aid is a fair term to apply .to authorizations aggregating $75,000,0(10 to promote good roads for market highways, the president added, it is equally lit to be applied to the establishment and maintenance of American market highways on the salted seas." As to present government opera tion of the shipping board fleet, Mr. Harding said there waa the unavoid able tank of wiping out a fifty mil lion dollar annual loss and losses ag gregating "many hundreds of millions" in worn out, sacrificed or scrapped shipping. He called attention that the government ships were being worn out without any provision for replace ment and that a program of surrender and sacrifice and the liquidation which he declared would be inevitable unless the proponed legislation were enacted would cost acores of millions. The cost of the proposed legislation giving direct aid, he said, with, ocean carrying maintained at the present a vers ire would not reach tJO.000,000 a year, and if the maximum direct aid for American shipping were so pro mote that it would carry one-half of f!ie ant ion s deep ea commerce would not esceed thirty million an nually. MERCHANT MARINE REPORTED IN HOUSE No Recommendatioa Waa Made By Committee BJ1 Contained Amend ments Agreed to By Republicans. Washington. P. C, Nor. 21. The ad ministration men Irani marine bill, with rmendments acrwd to yesterday by republican member, was formally re ported out by tbe House merchant ma rine cot mil !-e t-dv. without a rec ced vote. while Premi.nt Murit e arranging to g to the pul so) a4dre a J 't e-i.ti f ,.rz-rm th Interct f-l t!e i jljUt.fB. SCOTOH LABORITES THREATEN. To "Smash All This" In the House of Commons. , London, Nov. 21. (By the Associated Press), Parliamentary writers have al ready decided that- tiie new House of Commons, will be livelier than its predecessors and that the opposition. which will apparently be furnished by the laborites will be keener and more aggressive. Discussing incidents and scenes at tendant upon the opening of the ses sion yesterday, the correspondents call attention tot he challenging spirit which the radical laborities from the Clyde district seem to Jiave brought with them. The ejaculation "We will smash all this," shouted in broad Scottish ac cent by one of the labor members at the conclusion of the ' time honored ceremonies, is considered 'Significant. These laborities are described by some writers as "grim, stern, set men' to whom the Scottish word dour seems especially applicable, and they are credited with the intention of injecting a bit of ginger into Uieir party. RUSSIA WANTS CAPITAL, Soviet Government Urged By Lenine to Give' Concessions. Moscdw, Nov, 21 (By the Associated Press). The soviet government must not be afraid to give concessions to foreign capitalists, Premier Lenine de clared at a great meeting of the Mos cow soviet in the- Grand opera house last night. Five thousand .persons at tended. " "Russia," said Lenine, "is so big and has such wonderful economic possibili ties that there is no reason to refuse any fair proposition from interests outside the country. . We will make such favorable arrangements that the capitalists will be compelled to come to do business with us despite their present enmity toward us." He emphasized that Russia's legis lation was so framed thak it was quite possible for capitalists to engage in business safely and under almost nor mal conditions, reaping fair profrts for their undertakings. D0LBEAR IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Will Handle American Affairs While Rear Admiral Bristol ia Away, Constantinople, Nov. 21, Frederick R, Dolbear, first secretary of the American embassy in , Berlin,- has ar rived here. Mr. Dolbear will handle diplomatic questions affecting th United (States during the absence or Rear Admiral Bristol in Lausanne. , The Rev. Dr. William Peet, repre sentative of the American board of foreign missions in Constantinople, and the Rev. Dr. Caleb P. Cates, president of Robert college, are going to Lau sanne in a consultative capacity to the American delegation. LEADS LABOR PARTY, James Ramsay MacDonald Heads Parliament Section London, Nov. 21, (By the Assoeintcd Press).- James Ramsay MacDonald, member of parliament for the Abera von division of Glamorganshire, and long prominent as a labor leader, was to-day elected leader of the parliamen tary labor party. John R. Clynes, former chairman of the parliamentary labor party," hose election to the leadership had been generally anticipated, was elected dep uty leader. Arthur Henderson, long labor party leader in the House of Commons, who failed of election to the House in the recent balloting, was made chief party whip, with Ben Spoor the acting chief whip in the House of Commons, TO LEARN BRITISH POLICY. British Member of Reparations Com mission Goes Home, Paris, Nov. 21, (By the Associated Press), Sir John Bradbury, British member of the reparations commission, is going to London to-night to learn the definite policy of Uie new British gov ernment regarding reparations. The indications,, as seen here, are that the policy will not lie materially different from that followed by tie Lloyd George ministry, exeept that it is thought Great Britain probably would agree now to declare liermany voluntarily bankrupt if she failed to carry out the eventual decision of the allies as to reparations payments. PART FOUND GUILTY. " Of Embroiling Bulgaria ia World War Without Preparation. i Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 21, (By the Associated Press!, Twenty-two for mer ministers were apparently voted guilty by abut seventy-five per cent of the voters of the national referen dum, held Sunday to determine wheth er they were responsible for embroil ing Bulgaria In war without u cient The ministers of the Padolavof r-abinat were not included in the jiidg menu Trial of the latter for involving Bulgaria in the World war has beeo in progrei for snore tan a year. VILLAGE SHAKEN. And Buildings f Fromeatia, Algiers, Crumbling. Algtcr. Nov. 21. iBy the Ao,iate.1 Press!. Two earth shork. to-day, fol lowing five tremors on Swpdav evening ent tbe inhabitant of tbe vii'jtce Kromentin. rear I a a . mm Ute r-pen omiirtrv. The (juilM damarH ti,e r in- tto.M.rc of the .- tr m tbl tl.ty lire ermnl.h. 't tea Ut afr h be a r i-Tled. AGAIN BLOCKED " MRS. FELTON Senate Would Not Con sider Credentials of Would-be Senator WALSH, MONTANA, PUT IN OBJECTION Saying That Legal' Con sideration Should Be Carefully Weighed Washington, D. C, Nov. 21. The Senate again delayed decision to-day as to whether it would permit Mrs. W. H. Felton of Georgia to take her seat aSf the first woman senator. When she presented her credentials in the Sen ate chamber Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, interrupted to' ask that the legal considerations involved be care fully weighed and before any action was taken the Senate recessed to at tend the joint session and hear the ad dress of President Harding. EX-GOV. CATTS FREED W IN NINE MINUTES Jury Decreed That Florida Man Was Not Guilty of Having Held Negro in Peonage. Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 2l (By the As sociated Press). After deliberating only nine minutes, a jury in federal court here late last night found Sid ney J. Catts, former governor of Flor ida, not guilty of the charge of having held in peonage John . Henry Rogers, negro. District Attorney Gubberly indicated after the verdict he ts, day would move dismissal of an indictment against Mr. Catts charging peonage relating to Ed. Brows, aegroi-"- ' - WORE WHITE SHIRTS. FasCisti Didn't Wear Black, Mussolini Corrected Pertinax. Paris, Nov. 2!, Pertinax, political writer of the Echo de Paris, in an article on the Lausanne conference, re lates that just as he was leaving the opening session a man stopped him, saying: "I'm Mussolini. You said I was surrounded at TerrLlet by black shirted Fascisti. Let me rfll you, sir, we wear white shirts andJiave got plenty of them." Pertinax asserts that in reply to this he was only able to express the hope that the Italian premier might long be able "to preserve the present immacu late hue of his shirts." The writer describes the incident as illustrating iiow Mussolini visibly is gesturing with his eye on posterity, to whom he hopes his name will be handed down by historians." . COAL IN SEALED BOX CARS. In Order to 'Assure Arrival of Full Shipments," Philadephia. Nov. 21, Anthracite coal is being shipped to western cities in sealed box cars, according to an otliuat of the Philadelphia and Reading. "This is necessary," the oflicial said, "toassure full shipments reaohing de stinations. Otherwise the cars may ar rive wit about one half the original shipment after passing through com munities wheer there is a coal short age." PRISON DOORS SHUT IN JT. B. LLOYD'S FACE When the Millionaire Communist Ap peared at Joliet to Begin Hie Sentence. Chicago, V.'ov. 21. William Bros Lloyd, millionaire communis, labor party leader, convicted with 10 other men of violation of the Illinois sedi tion law, si as reported to-day to have appeared at the Joliet penitentiary last night, prepared to begin bis term of one Kp five years. He was refused ad mittance, according to information re wived at the sheriff's office here, be cause the warden had received no com mitment papers for him. KANSAS ATTACKS KLAN. Onster Proceedings to Be Filed ia Su preme Court. Tt.peka. Kan.. Nov. 21. I-egal pro ceedings which mav make it unlaw.! for any person in Kans to W a nv fi ber of the Ku Klut Klan were fore cast to-dsy in the announcement by Governor Henry J. Allen that he had heed aured by the state's attorney peneTnl's office that miter proreevts again! the Klan would be filed in the state supreme court. All aper have been prepared. The uit eint the Klan ill he broufht OB tbe around that the organ isation is a tieorj-j corporal ia not registered to do hiiae h Kansas. The u:t ansv further reult in at tempt to remoie Iron 1 1v all ntis J tv and tte law eniorreTr-t o3 r i known to be jneuiVr t i the Man. it ' a -.1 s -h a pi'y pr r-w-ly l-rcn oat:.ad bj Geroo An- BAIUtE, VERMONT. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, PROSECUTOR WEAVES CASE Calls in Policemen and Doctors To Testify To Grand Jury IN HALL-MILLS INVESTIGATION Physicians Who Per formed Autopsies Tell of Wounds Somerville,.N. J., Nov. 21 (Bythe Aspociated Press). .lames Curran, one of the first policemen to view the bod ies of Rev. Edward Wheeler Halt and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, after the pair were found slain on the Phillips farm last September was the first witness called when the Somerset county grand jury to-day began its second day inves tigating the double murder. t Edward Garrigan, another ' New Brunswick policeman who viewed the bodies, followed Curran. The third witness was Edward C Strieker. It waa from his home that Raymond Schneider, who found the bodies, telephoned the police regarding his discovery. . After the jurors had heard the story of John Latnrojj, a farmer living near the scene of the murder who claims he heard shots, special Deputy Attorney General Mott called Dr. A. L. Smith, who performed an autopsy on the body of the choir singer and found that, be sides having been shot, her throat had been cut. He also was present when the autopsy was performed on the body of Dr. Hall. WAS DESPONDENT. But George Bronson Howard Gave No Hint of Suicide Plan. s Los Angeles, Nov. 21. Despondency over domestic and financial troubles was the reason ascribed by friends to day for what they and the police both termed the suicide in his apartment yesterday of George Bronson Howard, novelist, dramatist and photo play wright. On a table not far from the closet in which the body with a gas tube in the mouth was found, lay a letter he had written to his wife, Mrs. Jean Bronson Howard, in Baltimore and an opened copy of, his book, "God's Man." The letter contained no hint that the writer contemplated suicide, but disclosed that he was apparently op pressed by various troubles. The playwright was in outwardly optimistic mood up to about 2 o'clock In the morning, according to John C. Dubois, his, jucretary. who worked with him until that hour in the prep aration of a scenario. He had been living in the Hollywood district since September. Friends said the present Mrs. Howard was his sec ond wife and that he had keen divorced from his first wife in 1908. HARVARD STUDENT DOUBLY WARNED Geta "K. K. K." Letter and Then a Fel low Student Calls on Him and Or ders Him to Leave Cambridge. Cambridge, Ma.. Nov. 21. Wheth er the Klu Klux Klan has invaded Har vard college, or Hul)crt C. Clay of Col orado Springs, a sophomore, has been made a aubject of a practical joke was in doubt to-day. On top of the warn ing to leave the city, signed "K. K. K." and a telephone call of the same na ture, Clay said he had received a call from a fellow student just before he re tired last night, in which the man, aft er representing himself as a Klanman, adopted a menacing and threatening attitude. The effect of his caller's message, Ua said, was that he had "better shut up or get out." Clay said he was staying on, hoping it was all a joke, yet some what concerned because as a former member of the Klan in Colorado, he knew enough of its workings to be afraid. ' , The Harvard college office, to which Clay reported the threats, advi-ed him they were undoubtedly part of a joke, and to-day let it be known that it re garded the matter in that light. The police to whom also Clay went for pro tection, refused his request for a per mit to go armed, and ssid the rase seemed to 1 one for the college au thorities to handle. The police, how ever turned over to postal officials the warning letter which waa mailed here. Clay, who is president of the Har vard Golf association and veteran of the World war, said to-dsy that this was not hia first experience with the Klan. He would not go into detail about hia severenco of relations with the Colorado Klan beyond saying ha was not in accord with its policies, but said that correspondence he had with Edward Y. (lark, imperial klengle of the Klan, which would explain it, was now in tVdorado. After his arrival at Cambridge Ut year as a freshman. Clay said he was asked to join a Klan of which other Harvard men were members, ne re fused1, reiterating the reasons that he had given for quitting the Klan in 1I orado. Another undergraduate of hi acquaintance, who wrote an editorial in the Harvard Crimoon. about that time, he said, was warned by telephone that be nnit stop attacking the Klan. (lay said he knew one or two others slso who had received threats from supposed Kiansmen. TWELVE CHILDREN RESCUED. From Burning Tenement Hou Lynn. Ia Lynn, Mits, Nov. 21 Twelve rhil 1 drea, asteep in tfie-.r to. were rewuri by polww and firemen in a fir ia a 1 1. rw t nrt tenement tmrtir ia Center street lst night. Firemen w ! fined be blJie to tbe ce!Ur. tiat moke. fxt re-ipie pa spre4 qKl!y to J r,-.Ter floors, nking lr,e tt. ue an AGAINST SALOONS; FOR DEER AND WINE "Wet" Organization Started in St. Lou ia Will Begin Propa , ganda. St. Louis, Nov. 21. Declaring the re sults of the recent election were a strong indication that public, sentiment favors repeal of t lie Volstead act, i aeore of wtate secretaries of the asso ciation opposed to the prohibition amendment to-dav perfected plans for modification of the dry entorcement law and eventually repeal ofthe 18th amendment at the closing session here of a two-day conference. Resolutions providing for the work ing out of a Dlan for dispensing alco holic beverages under the regulation of states and other directing the presen tation to Congress of bills for legisla tion favorable to the wets "were pre pared for submission. Although the association was formed for the especial purpose o obtaining the repeal of the prohibition amend ment, its ' executive committee has adopted a resolution opposing the re storation of saloons- in the event the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer is permitted. . Ways and means for caring for the proposed distribution of liquors are to be studied by a committee, s All of the delegates expressed jubi lance over what they declare wer, overwhelming victories for the "wet" forces in the recent elections and said they do not Intend to affiliate with ei ther the Democratic or Republican par ties at present. VERDICT OF GUILTY BY CUTTING CARDS Two JuroraAre Alleged to Have De cided That Way Whether to "Hang Jury" or Not. c;, v.li. Q TV Tfnt. 21. A ver dict of guilty returned against George , . . i i... YY , j'.gau,. three limes canuiuave r n nf it1. Dakota on a. eharge of making false returns to insurance companies ana resulting in a senitice A m in itm atutA nenitentiarv. L , V J l-'P , - - - - was obtained through cutting of a deck of playing card, according to affidavits filed in civil court to-day by ... . rr rtVl i ... two or ine jurors, me uiiuu filed in support of a motion for a new trial. ' According to the affidavits, the jury had been deadlocked with ten members for conviction and two for acquittal. After several hours, the affidavits say, the two objecting jurors, decided to ml ior mgii cam "j ciii!. !,., .twmhf retain their "not BUiltv" stand, or agree with the other juror. The card saul guilty, ii wkb wwgcu, and a verdict to that effect was re turned. NO INTERFERENCE. With Mexico's Internal Affairs. By the United States. MxicoCty,Now.2l (By the-AisocI atwd Press) Foreign Secretary rant, in . .tntomnnt reolvine to the declara tions of the American state depart ment concerning charges in me jhx .k.mkor of denuties of interfer ence by the United States in Mexican lepinlative affairs, saia: ! U tart, that the foreign office and Mr. Kummerlin (American charge d'affaires) have had to uiscuss ver k.n n,.n,r rirt Mini no- to resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries, ana n is nnT.ii emphasise that this department, which is the enly legal one which. the govern ment may employ to communicate with the chancellories of other govern ments, "never framed a petroleum law ri of ahirh it did Bot five- knowl edge to the American state depart ment or on, which It Cia noi eoui-ii, mo state department's comment. "if President Obregon saw the ne cessity of informing the chamber of deputies of tbe case in question it was because he believes Mr. Summer lin's notes exercised restraint on the legislative faculties of Mexico, and to tt.o mutter would have been to show lack of co-operation with the federal power involved and would have lent itself further to the belief that it was creating a precedent contrary ka nation's aovereiirnt v. a prece dent which could easily he invoked against Mexico oy any toreign govern ment in the future. "Fortunately, the American state department had declared that it has no intention in the caa a mentioned -of disregarding Mexico's sovereignty that i ..... . i. i .i-.: the l nneu Diaie nau no ursuo m mir in Meiieo'a internal affairs as it recognized that Mexico is the only judge of what its internal policy shall be and that its feeling towsrds Mex ico continues friendly." MAJESTIC AGAIN READY. 1 Steamer Overhauled and Equipped With Lighter Propellers, Boston, Nov. 21. Preparaliona were completed early to-day for re floating the White Star Liner Maj.tic, largest ship in the world, from tho naval drydock in South Boston where she haa "been undergoing a five days overhauling. She was ready to slip back into the ocean at high tide ttwa afternoon. After the pumping of 15 feet " of water into the cradle the Majestic wss inspected and found to be sea worthy in every detail. Then tbe duck waa flooded raising the huge hull five feet deaf of all blocking on which the 36.CSIO tons had rested. All that re mained was to remove the raison at the entrance of the massive dork. Har obr top were reily to guide the liner into the sea path. Four new and lighter propellers have been installed and naval architects ex pert the Majestic to show increased speed. She ia due to leave iew York next Saturday for Cherbourg and Southampton. WATCHMAN KILLED. When Trapped Ia 1350.000 Fire at Al- teatowa, ft- Allentown, Pa, Nov. 21. The Huild- img of the A'lentown rockery com rnv. wnriei by a number of tenaat and lo-igra. wss destroyed bv fire earty Theodore N-,ffcr. a wst nun, was trrrM r the r.u.knug hinml to 4:h. I be ks ia eti- arte4 at U ll. 1922. TURNED DOWN MILL'S.TERMS Textile Strikers . in Man chester, N. II., 99 Per . . Cent Strong . AGAINST PLAN OF AMOSKEAG CO. Proposal was 54-hour Weels . and Clause Teroled . Hostile " Manchester, N. H., Nov. 21.Textile striko leaders here to-day announced formally that they had i notified the Amokeag Manufacturing company of the rejection by the strikers of its terms for ending the dispute. Ninety-nine per cent of those voting were against acceptance, the announce ment said. No figures on the number votinn were given out. The company's proposal included the 54-hour week and a clause interpreted by strikers as being discriminatory against their leaders. It was furnished the former employes after a committee of their number had requested the com pany to state its terms. "AO BOX, NO MAIL" ORDER EXTENDED Postmaster Given Discretion to Post pone Effective Rate from . Jan. 1 to March l. Washington, D."C, NovT21. The de mand for letter boxes has become so great as a result of the recent post- offiee department "no box, no mail" edict that manufacturers are unable to fill orders, the department said to-day in nnnnimrinu that for this reanon. postmasters had been authorised in their discretion to postpone the effec tive date of the order from Jan. 1 to not later than March 1. - , The nruit nonestient is not to be con strued, the department added, a a waiver of the requirement for mail re ceptacles or door slots, or as any re laxation of a determination to enforce the new regulation. ii V. TALK ABOUT COMMERCE And the Possibilities of United States ia Trade. Chicago. Nov. 21 (By the Associated Press). American commercial possibiU ities in central and South Ameua and Ta Europe were discussed to-day by ambassadors, ministers and other rep resentatives of several foreign govern ments at the second session of the southern commercial Congress. Speakers on the program included the ambassadors of Germany and Peru, the ministers of Fxquador, Ciecho-Slo-vakia. Bolivia, Bulgaria and Finland and the former consul of the Greek legation at Washington. This afternoon Senator" N. B. Dial of South Carolina, will discus "The Injustice of the Present Future Cot ton Contract I .aw." To-night the Congress will hold an agricultural conference to discuss farm and marketing problems, particularly of the south. GETS FORTUNE FRIDAY NOON, William H, Vanderbilt Comet of Age That Day. ; Portsmouth, R. I., Nov. 21. Wil liam H. Vanderbilt bn his 21st birth day next Friday will come into pos session of the fortune lett mm by cis father, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who went down with the Lusitania. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, brother of Alfred, who has held the property as trustee, will tura it over to young Vanderbilt Friday noon. Oakland, tbe country , estate here which has been unoccupied since Al fred snderhilt s death, is being ren ovated and will be re-opened Thurs day evening when William Vander bilt will entertain relatives and friends. SETTLED FOR $25,000. Mrs. Jamea 0. Howard Had Sued for $42,500 for Alienation. Warsaw. N. V, Nov. 21, The suit brought bv Mrs. James O. Howard of astile against Herrit Pierce, young Castile hen en. for the alienation of the affections of Mrs. Howard's 44 year old husband baa been settled for f2.',000. A Wyoming county jury ' in September gava Mrs. Howard a verdk-t of 42(H1. From this an appeal was taken. ' Mrs. Howard, who was in poor health and compelled to earn her living by picking beans, decided to accept a com promise offer. Miss fierce, who ia now airs. Lvie Smith, is in Florida on her honeymoon. LOST FOUR FINGERS. Howard Clark, Quarrymaa at West Dununerston, Victim. Brattlcboro. Nov. 21, llowsrd Clark of West Dummerston, an employs of the Presbrey LeUnd granite quarry at that plarw. wss injured yeterHsy after noon, one hand Iwroming caught ia a chain. Four fingers were cruhed so that they had to be amputated. Mr. Clark was broupiit to the Memorial hospital here. COOLIDGE IN CLEVELAND. Te Attend Aaaoal Dinner ef New Eaglaad Society. Cleveland. Nov. 21. Vice President Calvin I 'or. Ik! ire arrived bene to-day to attend the annual dinner of the New F.ec'and wwiety to-night at which be will be t.e pet of honor and prin r!pJ r-elter. He wrt?1 attend a s wB iav l:ir. neon at tiie I'r.K-n r! iS e:n in'bts ho or. Mr. Tw-!;tr m-.'.l re turn t tt a attest" t o'r:wsrl CAUGHT ALLEGED ASSAILANT. Charles Phillips of St. Johnsbury Held ' 'oa Girl'a Charge. Passumpic, Nov. 21. Excitement is running high in this village over . the alleged assault yesterday noon upon- Phyllis, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wor rell. The little girl was going from school to her home in the edge of the village when she was accosted by a young man, who, it is stated, attempt ed to drag her down over a bank at the side of the road. After sevral ineffectual efforts tho girl broke away and ran screaming toward a nearby house, Her assailant 'was seen ip cross down to the railroad tracks and pro ceeded south. Deputy Sheriff Byron R. Smith was notified and a descrip tion of the miscreant telephoned on ahead. At East Barnet, Deputy Sher iff George Richardson spotted his man and held him pending arrival of other officers. The man gave his name as Charles Phillips of St. Johnsbury and is married. . It is stated that he has been identified by the little girl and also neighbors. He is in the county jail at St. Johnsbury waiting a hear ing. SPOKE AT WATERBURY. 0a Proposal to Pool Milk of New Eng 5 land. W. P. Davis, assistant manager of the Boston office of the N. E, M. P. A., who addressed a meeting of Washing ton county district of the association at Montpelier yesterday, spoke last night at a meeting of the Waterbufy local of tJie organization, held at Waterbury Center. j ' The committee bn pooling, for which he reported yesterday, is made up of Messrs. Little, president of the association, Bradford, Edwards, Put nam, Hough, Murdock and Brown, he stated. It is thought that an effort will be made to establish a New Eng land pool for marketing milk before northern New York is included. Thel pool would include the co-operative milk producing organizations, and it will be necessary to find some basis on which all can come together, whatever their particular manufactured product may be. How this might be done was explained by the speaker. TWO LETTERS PUT IN. During Trial of Capital Garage Com pany. Case. Trial of the case of Capital Garage company vs. Max L. Powers, Raymond J. Kennedy and M. A. Chase was re sumed in Washington county court yesterday afternoon. Two letters, one from M. G. Morse, tax commissioner, to Mr. Powell and his reply were read while Mr. Powell was on the stand this morning. The Morse letter, dated March 2fl, 1920, refers to an advertisement of the Cap ital Garage company which the com missioner supposed showed that some one was doing business under ' that name and he asked that" returns be filed. Mr. Powell's letter stated that he had told Mr. Laundry to have the name changed in the advertisement from Capital Garage company to Cap ital Garage, and stated that the busi ness was in Mr. Powell's name. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. H. C. Thorson Struck by Machine at St Johnsbury. n. C. Thorson of St, Johnsbury was struck by an automobile driven by Irving Locke and owned by R. A. Renfrew of St. Johnsbury on Portland street, St. Johnsbury. November 17, ac cording to a report to the secretary of state. His clothes were rorn ana ne auffered a bruise on one hip. Alfred Helie of Groton has reported tJiat his car struck a stump when he turned out to meet another ear m .New burv October 6. Lafavette Coffin of West Topsham has reported running into a bridge and fence in West Topsham November 7, doing about $25 damage to his automo bile i.i NOW SEEKS DIVORCE. Prof. Tiernaa Alleges Cruel and Inhu man Treatment. South Bend, Ind., Nov. 21. rrofes or John P. Tiernan. whose wife, Mrs, Auinisfa H. Tiernan. recently waged an iinaueees&ful lawsuit to prove that Harrv Poulin. clothing salesman, was the father of her third born child, has filed a cross complaint for divorce irom hia wife in superior court here. In hi complaint Professor Tiernan charges . . .. , a his wife with cruel ana miiunian irr.v merit. Profesor Tiernan requests the care and custody of his two daughter. Irene, five years old, and Mary, four, Ko mention is made of the year old in fant Rillv. whose paternity was the subject of the legal attack on Poulin. DIED OF INJURIES. Joseph Diesel, Paymaster of Boston Police Department. Boston. Nov. 21, -Joseph Pierel paymaster of the osion pouc- department, died at a hospital acre early to-day of injuries received last nipht when an automobile crashed through a fence at Dedham. He was flung from the machine, a picket from the fence penetrating his abdomen. Two of Diesel's companions were arraigned in the Dedbam district court in connection with the accident. .Tames C. McXallv. the driver, was charged with operating an automobile while intoxicated. RELIEF SHIP GOES DEC. 4. To Carry Supplies te War Refugees ia Near East. 21, The nv:r.w corr.f nl 2t f t of .Ulrer . otit ft.. i,V tmnrni ol and 2i ly lie1!. Washington, D. C. Nov. ,; .. sm.r. V4 roa IWBIIob - lll,,.""l"r"' , ' 1 jor re a-smeot of tbe properti-s !l comprise !. ton. of tW. the sT.re. Tbe requet for r..,. trXZln of a 500 ton pvmh.seh ment w. made several j . i , (s and. in e- mrhano with the re ii 'Volu'pTred'bv Red Cr, snd the statute.. Hty AHorney W ,b.,.tera to be went abroad tbe shipp.ng f-T 4 appeal t boar! steamer Manhattan Uland to f-.ri toner ,t tac. Now. in a i PRICE, TWO CENTS. mnrnn mA nnm iruuu iu mv HER FI'SBAND 6 Mr& Dorri C Woodliouse at Wantej ; secure , Reco' iation - . II ' HUSBANjJ?,EFT HER PENNILESS Rut Sho TTitinllv Snvpoflpd in Getting $100 ' Alimony Burlington,' Nov, 21. Mrs. Dorrit Van eusen Stevens Woodhouse took the witness stand this" morning in her million-dollar suit against her parents-in-law and related in a few cryp tic sentences lier endeavors to get Douglas back to living with her again after he had left her. Mrs. Wood house showed signs of the nervous strain under which she had been la boring during the last few days. In. response to questions asked by her attorney, Mrs. Woodhouse told of her experiences in trying to locate her husband after he had entered the Canadian forests. She related that he left her with no money -and that she was absolutely without means of sup port until she finally secured alimony of $100 per month from the million-, aire's son. . : According to the testimony intro duced this morning, Dorrit was- left in the dark as to her husband's where abouts for several months previous to the encounter on the' (streets in Washington. She was 6bliged to bor row the money by which she could pay her own expenses until some remit tance could be gained from her hus band. . At one time she thought of taking up stenography. About that time, however, she "thought tliat perhaps she could meet Douglas and arrange things in a manner satisfactory to both. According to tue tew miniues of testimony, Dorr't had been true to Douglas. She had done her best to effect a reconciliation. She went to the extent of -aitng anxiously night after night for1 the receipt of a tele gram from him. MRS. SARAH GRIGG. , Former Barre Wamaa Died at Sister's ' Home ia Mlford, Mass. News waa received in this city last evening of the death of Mrs. Sarah Grigg, who passed away at the home of W sister in Milford, Masa Mrs. Grigg was a former resident of this city, and was the wife of the late Richard Grigg, who was quite prominent in labor circles and who once represented this city in the leg islature. Mrs. Grigg is survived by a son, Dr. R. James Grigg. Her daugh ter. Mary, the wife of Christopher Bruce Yule, was killed on April 7 1922, together with her husband, while they were on their honeymoon in Eu rope. They were passengers on an airplane traveling from Paris to Lon don which collided with another plane traveling' from Londoh to Paris, all tiin cAven. oceiinaiits of the two ma chines being killed or burned to death. The funeral of Mrs. Grigg will be held in Milford, andf the body will be brought to Barre for bnrial Thurs day in the Catholic cemetery. NELSON VASSAR. Former Barre Man Died ia Haverhill, N. H., Last Night. Word has been received of the sud den death last night in Haverhill, X. H., of Nelson Vassar, well known in this vicinity from residence in Barre City, South Barre and Waterbury. It is understood that death resulted from 41 hemorrhage. Mr. Vassar was employed as a stone cutter while in Vermont, but left that business when there seemed to be symptoms of impaired health and went from Waterbury to Haverhill. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, the latter, Miss Corinne Vasfar, ling a senior in the Water bury high school, having remained to complete her course there after her parents left the place. Mr. Vassar'a body will be brought to South Barre and the funeral will be held there from the borne of Mrs. Vas sax's eiter, jirs. Harry Blanchard. HESTER CURTIS. Student of Spaulding High School Died Last Night. nester Curtis passed away at the City hospital Iat evening after a brief illness. Miss Curtis was Imrn in thi- city in 1904 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Curtis. She was a student at Spaulding high school and would have graduated nest June. She is sur vived bv her mother, Mrs. Msrgaret Curtis, of this city, and by two broth ers, Hollis and Milo 1 turtis. twin oi whom are employe.! in the city. Funeral arrangements win ie sn- nounced to-morrow. WITHDRAW REQUEST For Re-sessment of Property oa the West $.de of Main Street. Notification has been sent to t"iV Attorney K. C. Iiitf5cy of the ilwir of the Miles Block to-, the Aen Work Co., and the Barre Gsraee ror- ithdraw their application rw-4n.e (! the Bw n-V'.CM ! three rrorierlv owtser. roew- tl '.iM-l tha a.t-en w.il b w .tVJrawa.