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VOLUME IV NUMBER 21 Weather-Warmer, Locai Showers ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, MONDA Y, JULY 21, 1919
Temperature 89 Degree
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STRIKERS WI 8-HOUR
DAY AND WAGE RAISE
Traffic Resumed On Boston
Subway, Elevated And
Surf ace Lines
BOSTON, July 21 Traffic on the surface, ' 'bway
end elevated lines of Greater Boston was resumt oday
after an interruption of f our days caused by tht yike
of Carmen who demanded an eight hour day and l. in
crease in wages. They were granted an eight hou .g. uy
and an increase in wages, the maximum being 62 & '-s
an hour. . '
DAUGHTER FINDS
FATHER SUICIDE
IN W. CHARLESTON
Henry B. Towne of Stowe commit
ted suicide byslashing his throat with
a razor yesterday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Wilfi-cd Hoisington in
West Charleston.
Mr. Towne had been in the habit
of risin glate on Sunday mornings so
his non-appearance at breakfast diri
not cause any anxiety on the part of
his daughter. About eloven o'clock
she decided to cali him and lecciving
no response to her summons entered
the bedroom.
The suicide's head was under the
bed and his throat was slashed from
eàf- to èar.'-J The razor with which he
had performed the act was lying oh
his shoulder.
Mr. Towne was C5.ycars of age and
his home was inStowe, Vermont. For
the past Ave months he has been liv
ing with his daughter.
No reason for the deed can be giv
en except that Mr. Towne had been !
recently suff ering from melancholia. 1
After the suicide was discovered
some difficulty was expericnced in lo
cating the proper state authorities.
The coroner of Morrisville was noti
fìed and he asked Dr. Gengc of
St. Johnsbury to take charge of the
case. After Dr. Genge's investiga
tion the body was turned over to
Undertaker B. S. Curtis of Newport.
Dr. Cenge said that Mr. Towne had
been dead several hours when he ar
rived. The suicide was probably com
mitted some Urne in the night.
The funeral will be held at West
Charleston on Tuesday from the
home of Mrs. Hoisington. . '.
The body will be sent to Stowe for
burial.
VERMONT ENTERS
Nine Tcams to Represent State at
Eastern States Exposition in
Springfield, Mass.
Thet Eastern States Exposition will
conduct a camp to be known as
"Camp Vail," on their grounds at
Springfield, Mass., during the Ex
position, September 13th to 20th., for
boys and girls represcnting Club
Work in the ten Northeastern statcs.
It is expected that three hundred
young pcople achievement members
and demonstratoi's in Club Work
will attend this camn this vear. i
Vermont will send to the Eastern
States Exposition nine teams of three
club members each to enter the de
monstration and.judging contests in
gardening, canning, pigs, poultry, po
tatoes, corn, calf (cattlc) sheep,
cooking, garment making and handi
crafts. The trip and subsistence
during the camp period will be free
for these teams and their chaperons.
There is opportunity also to exhibit
in ali these projeets, and valuable
prizes are offered for exhibits, and for
demonstrations and judging work.
Handbook and information will be
f urnished by the Vermont Agricul
tural Extension Service.
COUNT YOUR LOSSES
sustained through lapses of rent in
comé from property you own and
figure how much you could AFFORD
to spend for advertising for the sake
of avoiding in future ali losses of thià
sort.
Do not continue to struggle with a
problem which classified advertising
could solve for you.
TQO LATE TO CLASSIFY
CLASSI
WANTED AT ONCE a man to do
work around hotel. St. Johnsbury
House.
.
The decision was the resui tA ,
three arbitrators James H. Vancy
for the Carmen; H. Warc Barnum for
the Elevated trustees and Henry B.
Endicott, the neutral member. The
rcport of the award was read to the
carmen on Boston Common and was
received with acclaim. The new wagc
scale is l'etro-activc to May first.
The wage scale was agrced upon
after an ali day confercnce at tlT5
State House and in the Hotel Tou
raine. It falls considerably short of
the fiat wage of 73 cents an hour
which formed the basis of the car
mcn's demands. The scale is grad
uated from 47 cents an hour to bo
ginners as recruit brakemen on rapid
transit lines, to 62 cents an hour for
motormen on the game lines.
The arbitrators also reward an
eight-hour platform day, suggesting
a variation which will permit three
fìfths between 11 and 14 hours.
Ex-Scnator's Wife Buried
Mother of Former St. Johnsbury
Studcnt Interred at Lancaster,
'' '" "New Hampshire ' ' '
Lancaster, N. IL, July 19
Judge Henry C, Ide and Hon. Al
exander Dunnett were in Lacaster,
N. H., Thursday to attend the fun
eral of Mrs. Caroline Hatch Merrill
Drew, wife of l'ormer U. S. Senator
Irving W. Drew, whose death oc
curred at the home of her daughter
in Westbrook, Comi.
Mr. Hall and Mr. Drew were for
mer students at St. Johnsbury Acad
emy, the l'ormer in the class of 1888
and the lattei' in the class of 1890.
The funeral of Mrs. Caroline Hatch
Merrill Drew, wife of former United
States Senator Irving W. Drew, was
held from her late home on Main
Street this aiternoon. Hundieds of
friends paid tributo to one who had
won their affections during n early
a half ccntury's residence in Lancas
ter. The services were conducted by
Rev. Marcus IL Carroll, a former
rector of St. Paul's church.
Mrs. Drcw's death occurred at the
summer home of her daughter in
Westbrook, Conn., Thursday morn
ing. Mrs. Drew was borii in Colebrook,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sher
burne 11. Merrill. She married Irving
W. Drew, then of Colebrook, Nov. 4.
1869, and two years later carne io
Lancaster.
Mrs. Drew was the first chairman
of the Surgical Dressings Committee
and aided in fmafteing the work dur
ing the war. She was an active work
er in the locai Episcopal church.
She leaves her husband and two
of the four childrcn born to her Mrs.
Edward K. Hall, formerly of Boston,
now of Montclair, N .J., and Pitt Fes
senden Drew of Boston. Two sisters
also survive, Mrs. Ellen Lombard of
Colebrook, and Mrs. Lucretia Cum
mings of Massachusetts. Merrill
Shurtlcff of Lancaster is a nephew.
Among those at the funeral wero
Ex-Senator John W. Weeks, Ex-Gov.
McCall of Massachusetts, Judge
Henry C. Ide of St. Johnsbury, Judge
George H. Bingham of Manchester,
Judge Harry Bigham of Littleton, Al
exander Duifnett of St. Johnsbury,
David W. Snow of Portland, Orton J.
Brown, Edmund C. Sullyan, Ex
Mayor George Rich and Judge Her
bert Goss of Berlin, W. B. C Stick
ney of Rutland, Vt., H. B. Moulton of
Lisbon and A. N. Blandin of Bath.
VERMONTER FEATURES
TWO CLUB HOUSES
The current number of the Ver
monter has for its cover design a
picture of the Community House at
Rutland, unreservedly given by Ex
Gov. John A. Mead, a few years
ago. This photograph, the frontis
piece, a picture of its main reception
room, and the first fioor pian printed
in the same number, are the work
of W. H. Sargent, formerly of St.
Johnsbury. A description accom
panies the photographs. The same
issue of the Vermonter contains a
photograph and description of the
Burke Mountain Club House at East
Burke, the gift of Hon. E. As Darling.
REV. PAUL MOODY
RESUMES WORK
IN N. Y. CHURCH
Assistant Pastor of Madison
Ave. Presbyterian Church
In N. Y. City, . .
Rev. Paul Dwight Moody of St.
Johnsbury has resumed his work as
an assistant pastor of the Madison
Avcnue Presbyterian church in New
York after nearly two years of dis
tinguished war service in the Amer
ican Army which won him the rank
of Major.
The New York Herald says:
The Rev. Paul Dwight Moody,
younger son gf the late Dwight L.
Moody, began his work this week as
an associate uastor with the Rev.
Henry Sloane Coffin, of the Madi
son Avenuc Presbyterian church, at
Seventy-third street. The senior as
sociate to Dr. Coffin is the Rev. Wil
liam Raymond Jelliffe.
Mr. Moody rcturned from France
aboard the steamship Montana. He
did duty for twenty months with the
A. E. F. as a chaplain. He won the
rank of major.
For the last year Major Moody was
at General Pershing's headquarters,
where he served on the board which
regulated the activities of the chap
lains and welfare societies of the
army. The chaplain in charge of ali
this work was the Right Rev. Charles
Henry Brent, now Bishop of Western
New York, and recently Bishop of the
Philippines.
Mr. Moody was about to take up
his work with Dr. Coffin when Ameri
ca entered the war. Instcad he serv
ed six months as chaplain with the
First Vermont Infantry in this
country. He then wcnt to France
as chaplain of the 103d Infantry,
2Gth Diyision. He remained with that
organization six months when tie wàs
called to General Hcadriuarters by
Biijh.op Brent, with the approvai of
General Pershing.
For the fìve years beforc he wcnt
into the army Mr. Moody was pas
tor of the South Congrcgational
church, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Previous
to that he was for one year in the
publishing business with his uncle,
Fleming H. Revcll.
Mr. Moody is married and has two
daughters, Charlotte, fourteen years
old, and Margaret, ten. His elder
brother, William R. Moody, carries
on the schools and summer Bible
conferences at East Northfield, Mass.,
founded by their distinguished father.
New Vermont Industry
Wasps Auto Cars to Be
Bennington The First
October lst
Built
Cars
in
BENNINGTON, July 21 Prelim
inary work for the launching of Ben
ington's latest new industry, the
MartinWasp corporation, which is to
build the Wasp automobilcs, is well
under way.
The company was granted its char
ter on June 9 and the personnel of
the executive staff is made up of
Benningtonians, Karl H. Martin,
president; Luther R. Graves, 2nd,
treasurer and director of sales.
The capital stock of the company
is one hundred thousand dollars and
the subscribers are residents of Ben
nington, North Bennington, New
York and Chicago.
Mr. Martin, who is the originator
of the new industry, carne to Ben
nington recently from Chicago where
he has been a leader in the coach
building industry. He has had 12
years' experience in that city and in
New York with high class chassis of
both foreign and domestic make and
the layout of the proposed car, which
is a symbol of advanced automobile
engineering practice, shows the bene
fit derivcd from this experience.
S T Comes to Burlington
WAR ORPHANS OF FRANCE DYING
FROM MALN UTRITION AND SHOCK
The children of France have ; no
yet emerged from the shadow of the
war. VVith peace assured, and , a
happier future opening before them,
it .becomes increasingly evident'that
the child life of France has suffered
a shock from which it is difficult to
rally; while the birth rate has drop
ped to 8 to each 1,000 population.
, The Fatherless Children of France,
art" American organization co-operat-ing
with a similar one in aPris of
which Marshal Joffre is the head, re
ports that the children receiving Am
erican aid to the extent of 10 cents
a day under its pian of securing Am
erican godmothers for the little
French war waifs, its records show an
average of 700 children's deaths per
month since the armistice. The help
of the American godmothers carne too
LATE NEWS BULLETIN
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 21 Presi
dent Wilson rcturned to Washington
early today from à week-end cruise
to Hampton Roads and was immedi
ately ordered to bed by his personal
physician, Rear Admiral Grayson,
who announced that the President
was suffering with dysentery.
Admiral Grayson said the Presi
dent's condition was not scrious but
that he probably would be unable to
receive callers before the end of the
week. 1
Engagements which Mr. Wilson
had with a number of republican
senators to discuss the peace treaty
and league of nations were cancellcd.
The President has been complaining
of feeling badly for several days and
when he started down the Potomac
on V.ie Mayfiower Saturday night it
was supposed he was suffering a
slight attack of indigestion.
(Bv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 21 rresi
dent Wilson today asked the Sonate
Foreign Relations Committee to ap
prove the appointment of an Ameri
can member of the Reparations Com
mission providcd for under the peace
treaty to act provisionally pcnding
the Senato action on the Versailles
document. The committee on For
eign Relations debated the request
for over an hour without acting.
Senator Williams, Mississippi dem
ocrat, offered a resolution expressing
the committees willingness to do so
but Senator Lodge, Republican of
Massachusetts, opposed. Senators
Knox of Pennsylvania and Harding
of Ohio, republicans, offered substi
tutes that would declare the commit
tee without authority in the matter
none of he proposals carne to a vote.
(By Associated Fress)
LONDON, July 21 A staggering
blow has been struck to the Sheffield
Industries by a strike in the York
shire coal fields. Thousands of hands
are thrown out of work today by the
stpppage of engineering works in
Sheffield', which 'aritiounccd th'aj ie
cause bf a shoilage of coal they will
remain idle until the end of the strike
It is feared ali the linge worka will
be closed beforc the end of the week.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 21 General Persh
ing, whose visit to London has been
marked by an almost continuous
round of entertainment, was the
guest at luncheon today of the Duke
of Conaught, former governor-gen-eral
of Canada. Tonight he will at
tend a dance given by Ambassador
and Mrs. Davis to the Prince of
Wales.
(By Associated Press)
WALL STREET Prices broke
prccipitatcly soon after the opening.
The reversai extended from two to
eight points. Irregular recovery
followed.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 21 Police
and hospital records today showed
that scores of negroes were injured in
the . widespread clashes between
whitcs and negroes here last night.
The rioting, which began shortly be
fore ten o'clock, lasted until early
morning. Many arrests were made.
Attacks made at such widely scatter
ed places that the police and provost
giuird were unable to cope with the
situation. The police said that sol
diers, sailors and marines, were the
leaders in the disorders.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 21 Mrs. Walter
II. Burns, daughter of the late J.
Pierpont Morgan and mother of Vis
coutess Harcourt, died here yester
day. (By Associated Press)
BRUSSELS, July 21 The work of
recciving stolcn Belgian machinery
from Germany is proceeding in full
swing. Approximately 3000 tons of
machinery is being shipped back week
ly to orignal owners by German in
dustriai firilis which set them up in
their own factories.
late to save these undernourished,
nervé-shocked little ones.
Mrs. Walter S. Brewster of Chi-
cago, vice-chairman of the Fatherless
Children of France, has been appoint
ed chairman of a campaign to secure
American aid - for the 60,000 little
war orphans whose names were on,
the. lista of the organization as "un
adopted" before the signing of the
armistice. Ten cents will care for
a child for an entire day; $3.00 for a
month; while for $36.50 a year th
donor may select a child from the
lists at the organizations headquar
ters and be placed in correspondence
with it. To adopt a child or make a
donation write for information to
Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, Room 634,
410 S. Mcihigan Ave., Chicago, , ,
JUMPS IN POND.
ì WHEN GASOLINE
IRON TAKES FIRE
Montpelier Man Ends Vaca
tion at Joe's Pond with
Thrilling 10 Minutcs
Arthur Clifford of Montpelier
wound up a week's vacation at Joe's
Pond in Danville with a very lively
10 minutcs. He is suffering now
from severe burns upon his hands
caused by the explosion of gasoline
from a heating iron.
Clifford, with a party, occupied a
cottage at Point Comfort. He was
at work pressng a pair of trousers
when the gasoline iron he was using
caught fire. He had attempted to re
fill the iron with gasoline when it
was lighted. He found his mistake
when there was a burst of flame and
gasoline was ablaze on his hands and
arms.
He dashed out of the kitchen where
he was at work and in getting out of
the house dropped the iron upon a
bed in a chamber which he passed
through. Of course, the bed took,
fire but Clifford; was not greatly in
terested for he had made a dash for
the lake where he jumped into the
cool waters and put out the fire which
was rapidly scorching his flesh.
When Clifford had attended to his
personal comforts he rusìied back to
the house and with the aid of ncigh
bors put ou. the fire which war- b:irn
ing briskly in the chamber. The
danage was not heavy.
Clifford was given first aid treat
ment for
his burns ancl hurried back
to MontDelier where he was attended
by a physician.
KIDNAPPED
E. E. Sargent, the Entcrpming
Groccr, Spirited Away From Town
to Joe's Pond by Friends
E. E. Sargent, proprietor of the
Summerville market, was hurried out the evening.
of town yesterday in an automobile I A party of four had been on a pleas
and for a Urne he believed he was to ure trip to Lyndonville in the made-
be the victim of a kidnapping. The
automobile whizzed off in the direc
tion of Danville and Sargent began
to enjoy himsclf so much that he did
not make any great protcst.
Upon arrivai at Joe's Pond he was
surrounded by a party of relatives
and friends. He inquired the cause of
ali the jubilation of which he was
made the centrai figure and discover
ed it was n birthday
honor. When dinner
huge birthday cake adorned the tahlc.
It was a very happy party and Mr.
Sargent is going to keep better track
of his birthday anniversaries so as not
to get such a shock in the future.
BASE BALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
Chicago-New York, rain.
Cincinnati-Brooklyn, rain.
Standing of the Clubs
Won Lost P. C.
New York 48 23 .676
Cincinnati 49 26 .653
Chicago 42 35 .545
Pittsburg 3 36 .520
Brooklyn 38 36 .514
St. Louis 29 47 .382
Boston 27 45 .375
Philadelphia 23 47 .329
Gamcs Today
St. Louis at Boston.
Cincinnati at New York.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
At Detroit Boston 8, Detroit 0.
At Chicago-rChicago 2, New York
1 (10 innings).
At St. Louis St. Louis 6, Wash
ington 5 (firsth game; Washington
13, St. Louis 7 (seconcl game).
At Cleveland Cleveland 3, Phil
adelphia 2.
Standing 0f the Clubs
Won Lost P. C.
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
28
32
34
35
37
46
43
57
.646
.579
.575
.557
.519
.432
.434
.250
44
46
44
40
35
S
19
33
Games Today
Boston at Detroit.
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Washington at St. Louis.
TWO ARE INJURED I
SUNDAY AC
Automobile Turns Turile On
Lyndonville Road Mrs.
Reed In Runaway
THE INJURED
Fred Brussie, broken leg. Kesting comfortablv
Brightlook hospital.
Mrs. N. G. Reed of Waterford, broken shoulder.
Condition serious. At Brightlook hospital.
Two accidents that by good fortune did not result
in fatalities occurred Sunday near here. Fred Brus
sie of St. Johnsbury is at the Brightlook hospital from a
broken leg and Mrs. N. G. Reed of Waterford, 76 years
old, is at the same hospital wdth a broken shoulder. Mrs.
jReed's condition is serious
Brussie was injured in an automo
bile accident when a powerful ma
chine driven by Eugenc Cook of St.
Johnsbury got out of control of the
driver, ploughed through a fence and
turned turtle after striking a tree on
the Lyndonville road north of St.
Johnsbury Center. There were four
persons in the car. That no one
was killcd was considcrod miracul
ous. Mrs. Reed was trown from her
carriage when a horse which her
husband was holding by the bit, bolt
ed and ran away. She was thrown
out of the carriage landing heavily
l , , , i ... i 1
uPon ner S"0"1061 wnien was c-iusneu.
sne was aiienaeu oy ur. ritcu auu
ì-ushcd to the hospital at 11 o'clock
last night.
FOUR THROWN FROM
SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE
Fred Brussi was taken to Bright
look hospital at one o'clock this morn
ing with a broken leg as the result
of an automobile accident earlier in
over, 54 horse power btevens-uuryea
car bclonging to Pearl Griggs of the
First National Bank. Eugene Cook,
chauffeur for C. II. Stcvens, was driv
ing the car.
On the return trip Cook lost con-
' trol of the car which was going at a
high rate of speed and it crasaed into
' the fence beyond the steel bridge at
! St. Johnsbury Center and brought up
party in his ; against a tree. The accident occur
was served a lcc ncai' the Cobb place on a curve
As the car Icft the road it chashed
into the fence tearing out three
lcngths of fencing and posts and
landcd against a tree. The gas tank
and one wheel were torn off the car
and the machine was turned over
along the road. Brussie's leg was
broken but no other serious injury to
the occupants of the car was report
ed. Mr. Griggs had gone to his home
in Highgate over Sunday. Cook, who
is an expericnced driver, asked to boi--row
the car. As he was familiar with
the car and had had much experience
driving a Packard twin-six, Mr.
Grigs allowed him to use it.
Many motorists who passed the
car bottoni up alongside the - roadside
j today marveled that no one in
I the car was killcd.
! MRS. REED THROWN FROM
CARRIAGE BY RUNAWAY
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Reed of Wat
erford were out driving Sunday when
they stoppcd near the Ernest Powers
place in Lowcr Waterford. Mr. Reed
took the horse by the bit and was
waiting for Mrs. Reed to get out
when the horse suddenly bolted and
ran against a pile of lumber. Mr.
Reed was thrown aside and had to
let go of the bit.
The horse continued down the
road and turning a bend in the road
the carriage went off an embank
ment and Mrs. Reed was thrown
heavily to the ground landing upon
her shoulder.
The horse continued down the
road after the carriage had righted.
Two automobiles in the road checked
the speed of the horse and it was
stoppcd without further damage.
One shaft was broken and part of
the harness damaged. The horse was
uninjured.
Mrs. Reed was taken to a nearby
house and then removed to the hos
pital. Mr. Reed said today that he
couldn't account for the horse bolt
ing. The animai has been a driving
horse in the family for 19 years and
neyer had run away before. There
was nothing passing the carriage at
the time to cause the horse to be
frightened that Mr. Reed could see,
UDENTI
at
owing to her advanced age.
NEWLY RICH IN
ENGLAND BUYING
RUSSIAN JEWELS
LONDON, July 21 (Correspond
ence of The Associated Press) Eng
land's newly rich, the persons who
have accumulated millions during the
war and since, are buying at any
!..
pllce clcmanclea turniture irom some
of the ancient houses of the country,
jewels from some of the looted pal
aces óf Russia,'' and'other contìnental
countries, and paintings ' ifrom any-'
where if they bear the mark of tìme.
There is no lack of jewels for thpse
who have the price and are willing io
pay. Many beautiful pieces" of jew
elry, th history of which' is nòt giy-;
en by the dealer but which, xperts
say could only come from the wealth
iest families of Russia, are finding
their way into the market. Enor
mous prices are being " asked and
promptly paid, while the cost of ordi
nary stoncs, diamonds for instance,
has riscn to unheard of heights.
Many old English families also are
selli ng off their jewels.
Flowers ancl food for the elaborate
entcrtainments which are beginning
to mark the appearance of the newly
rich are commanding fancy prices
such as $25 for an orchid and $1.50
for a peach.
MOTOR AMBULANCE
Telephone 277-M
New up-to-date, easy riding. Calla
from a distance at reiJsonable ratea.
St. Johnsbury Vt.
C. A. Calderwood, Inc.
Why suffer from the
heat when one of our.
cool, light weight two
pieco suits will make
you comfortable? ,
You can laugh at "Old Sol"
if you are properly dressed to
meet his attack. ,': '"
Thin summer suits in light
weight worsteds, Talm Beach
and Mohair in light, medium
and dark patterns. - '
They 're tailored to hold their
shape in spite of their thinness.
Summer suits $25 to $35.
Cool underwear and shirts.
ASSELIN BROS.
The O Spot
CLOTIIING and SHOES
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