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SIMS TELLS HO W DANIELS OPPOSED CON VOY PLAN A Newnpapcr Covcring Ilio Entire Northeast Quartcr of Vermont State Every Working Day. THE EVENING GALE DONI AN and THE NEWPORT RECORD WKATIIER Iìain tonight. Warnier in, Muiifc and southern New Hampshire. Snturday lo cai snows or rain. A OL. IV NUMBER 222 ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, FRIDA Y, MARCH. 12, 1920 PRICE TWO CENTS LODGE MTROBUCB S10BS11TE OÌD 10 rm ll.A C..J..J V ? v i C0STT00MUCH TOKEEP HOUSE S0GETSDIV0RCE "Fichi Day" for Mis-mated Pairs in Orleans County Court at Newport Thursday was a rcgular "FieUl Day" in Orleans County court at Newport, when Judgc Butler of IJut lund disposed of several of the long list of divorce cases on the docket. It wa's expocted that several more would be taken up today. In the case of l'euri B. liane of Newpo.t against Leon II. Dune, Mrs. Dani: was granted a divoice on the grounds of wilful descrtion and al lowed to resumé he rmaiden name. The Danes were married June 1, l 11)15. They have no children. They were married by Jiev. L. A. Edwards, pastor of the First Congregational church.- Mrs. Pane was Pearl Buek land before her marriage. Mrs. Dane testified that they had a tenement on Lafayctte Street, in St. Joluisbury, and that he lcft her there in June, 1!)16, saying he was "sick of it." Arthur Buckland of Newport, a brother of the pctitioner, testified in her bchalf. He said that after their marriage bis sìster and her hus bainl wimt to St. Albans and thenee to St. Johnsbury. They had been in St. Johnsbury only about thice or four wucks when he lcft her, he said. "She viete regarding her predica nient," he said and I tohl her to pack up ber things and come and live with me, which she elici." Mrs. Buckland, niother of the pctit ioner, te;tificd that liane lcft ber daughter because it cost too much to kpep house. Mabcl l. Clark of Holland was granted a divorce from Harry S. Clark, a Soldier, on the groiinds - of adultry and was given the custody of a minor child, Iìcgis, aged .' years. The couple were married May 12, 1!)M, the ceremony beine; perfonned by Rev. Samuel Clark, Chuk's father. Min. Clark is now living with her pnrcnts in Holland. Clark cntered the U. S. service as i.oon as the war broke out and went to Camp Bartlett, Westfield, Mass. Ubile there he met Miss Hclen De N'ali of Springfield and married her. The marriage was latcr annulled, (Continued on pac ti ve) IT IS Tara for S will be in big demand this ycar. It is practically proven that the hearsay will materialize as the fad is already at its height in the Southern hotels. Don't let Suminer catch you unprepared. We are prepared to show you a complete line of wanted yarns in every desirable shade. We are selling agents for the Good Shepard Mills, Flushers and Columbia lines. We are antici pating a wonderful business, so are prepared to meet your special retliiirements. MINSTREL SHOW AND ENTERTAINMENT Universalist Church Choir Gavc a Popular Show Ip St. Johnsbury The vestry of the Church of the Mcssiah was wcll fdled Thursday eve nini? at the entertainment given by the Universalist church choir. The opening part or the entertainment was a reni ir.in.-wil .--how with S. C. Carpcnter as interlocutor, G. A. Knapp, C. P. French, Fred C. Gil scn and Harold C. Abbott end men and a chorus of singers. The end men were full of fan and the musical se lections included a solo by Lyle Til lotson and singing by the two ijuar- l.Ai. TM- e .1... I lcliu!ì. ine iuiMuimei 01 uiu iuur- tettes was as follows: Miss Margar et Clark, Miss Thelma Ronan, Miss Mildred Smith, Miss Lila F. Gilfillan; Llyc Tillotson, E. Harold Tilotson, l'ale Daniels, iMlton Montgomery. In the second part Mrs. li. E. Doylc gavc a series of reiftlings that enter tained ali. Her number "A Bundle of Old Lctters" was a dclightful reminiscent sketch and given, as ali of Mrs. Doyle's pieces are, with rare artistic ability.. - . This was followed by some fancy dancing by Misses Phrbe Scott, Mil dred Smith nnd Thelma Ronan. A very plcasing feature of the pro gram was the number whcre the la dies' iiartette was grouped around Mrs. Robert Clark. The entertainment closcd with a sid-plitting farce entilled "The Medicine Man." IlaroU C. Abbott was the quack ductor and Fred ('. Gilson was the negro nttendant who a ('tei wards run the office as an A f ri cali medicine man and very success fiilly operated on the patients who wrre Miss Mildred Smith, Miss Mar garet Clark and Wendell Letoinenu. Lyle Tillotson was the office bo and Charles P. French was the versatile Insinuati who was afterwards chang cd itilo a dwarf. , . Mr. Gilson showed maiked ability as an actor and Mr. French was eiially clever with his Irish mauner isms and as a dwarf. The paticnts and the office boy took their parts well. The manager of the show was Charles P. French and the mu-ieal director Miss Mildred Smith. In the orchestra were Miss Pliche Scott, George C. Felch, Allan Huiitcr and l.rylan Morris. SUGGESTEI) BY SOME weaters Late News BKLETINS DELAY IN Aì? ALLIES TOLD'x DM. SIMS V WASHINGTON, Mai, "V-Dis-regard by the navy 'tic partii.,; Jf of his reconimcndutions with rogarti to adoption of the cfcnvoy system was described by Addirai Sims as "irili nitely more seriòirs" in its hearing on the war than other cases of nllegcd inefficiency mentioned in previous tes timony before the Sdiate investigat ing comniittee. He said today 'that early in 1917 the Allies were com pelled by the submarine.? to adopt the convoy pian for 'protecting ship ping and that on May lst he urgently reeommendrd that "the United States give its cooperation but it was not until June, 11)18 that Secretarv Daniels replied that he coiisidered that American vesstls having armed guards were safer than .sailing in- dependently. The Admiral said ho again urged the immediato adoption of the convoy system and .s'tated his belief that arming merchant men , ulc timo thereferee started the me diti not offer uhìci-nt safeguard ! 'ce, first takingTr precnution to tic against submarine attacks On July lst he receivcd a cable out lining an entirely new pian of pro tecting merchant ships formulateti in the department which he said was widely at variance with the British and French systems and wliich he cabled the department -vvould be a fundamcntal military crror" resulting in tlirect assistance to the enemy." In answer the navy department sub mitted another pian and asked that he present it to the British admiralty. Ile did so and was tohl that the pro posai had been tried out by the Allies early in the war without success and that the ad mi rally desired assurance of American cooperation in the con voy pian so the first convoy might suil from New York, July 8. About the sanie' time Admiral JcllictKj wrotf ! him exprcssing grave apprthension for tlve1 fticctMss of the conv.oy system unless the United States decided to participate, the admiral stated. Final ly, on July 22d, the navy department itecepted the convoy pian for troop ships and latcr acct'pted it for supply vescls, the admiral tei'tified, but only after great j res.su re had been hi ought to bear by the other Allies and after many valuablc wetks had been wast ed. Even as lato as August 1, he saitl, he receivcd messages from the de partment asking that the convoy sys tem be explained although "for four months I had been exhausting my vo cubalary in attempting to explain the system." THAT WINS FROM WOODSVILLE M to 23 Victory In Fastest Game Evcr Secn In St. Johnsbury Armory The game between the Legionaires from Woodsville and the locai oncs at the rmory, St, Johnsbury Thursday niht was the fastest and roughest game secn on the locai fioor since the Urne of the old Company II outfit. St. Johnsbury won .".7 to 2.'?. j The game started with a rush and I Ul; WY that tlic bo' stayccl with i their much heavier opponents, was a pleasure to the laigest baskctball crowd out this ycar. Many times through the game the St. J. team dc.monstrated that "the bigger they are, the harder they fall." Bifore the players got on the fioor the l'ans began to arrive and on schc- up the baskets with stringa, a stunt that delayed the game some, alhough the timo taken to punch the ball out between each basket was . dedueted from the actual playing time. For the locals Dumas was the star, his shooting evo that he had uppar ently lost coming back to him in that game, and he shot six of the locai baskets, getting them from ali angles, and in ali positions. Connor shartd the honors for first place with him, l-e also getting the sanie amount of baskets. Fisk, Clark ;-nd Ashton play rd a fast, speedy game on the fioor many baskets as the first two they ! were instrumntal in Connor and Du mas getting theirs. Their work of guarding at the lower end, of. the fioor was cspecially etHctive. '. l' or the visitors, Mi and hweency ; played the best game4 although the other thiTc were in te game very t minute, as was testified by the amount of rough work that was un- avmdable, due to the fWncss of the game ali .through he th , tr penod., and the weight ot the visitor. Rieht on the start Fisk not the ball on the toss up fioni center, an i took I it down for a basket. Thcn Smith, the man. with the reputation got the ball from out under his own basket and shot the vi.sitors' first basket. Then Fisk and Connor tòok the ball down, and from a ilice nass on this play Fisk got his second one. Gibson ,.t Uni.i ,.f 4iw, 1...11 n i middle of the fioor, ami after missing his first try, he followed up the ball and counted. Dumas took it down, and scored one, to he iuickly fol- liAvcd bv Sweenev, who got the ball . .' . . ' , .... i troni nis team maies on good uoor i work. Dumas got the next two, the I first one after a ducking out from j under two men, 'and the next one re- covering the ball from a tiy by one i of the locals. i Kirk scored at this' point for the vis , Hors, he getting the ball out of the i scrimmage, and was quiekly followed by Clark, who also got the ball out : of the scrimmage, and shot a ilice j basket. The two next baskets were 'iliade by Connor and Dumas respect- ively, they bolli taking the ball down or. drihblcs. Before the whistle blew Smith got away with another, getting the ball out of a jam. 'The period ended with the score 10 to 10 in favor of the locals. In the second period Connor had things bis own wav and shot four of ! the locals' six baskets, Dumas and Clark getting the other two. Sween ey for the visitors shot threc in this period, one of them being a peach (Conti'iuetl on page three) APRIL5, 1920 Is The Date State Armory, St. JoluusbHiy, Is the Place. A Concert, dancing and other interesting features. A FORD CAR Is to be given away f ree. The St. Johnsbury Post of the American Legion invitcs you to attcnd. Ask and ex-soldicr, sailor of stands for. Ikebe Man Has Been Asleep l'or Two Wecks Melvin Cass, living in Beebe, P. Que., is a(victim of the sleep ing sickness. Mr. Cass has been asleejj over two weeks, and so far ;ill efforts to awaken him have p roveti ineirectual. He complain ed of a ti reti languiti feeling for ' sevei'al tlays, becòming more and more i-o until he took to his bed. At first his case was supposed to be exhaustion caused from a run down condition. He is a patient of Dr. R. A. Gatchell of Beebe who has sought adviee from sev eial other sourecs. Aniong them Dr. McCoy of Sìicrbroòke. At In tervals he is rousetl to palliai consciousness and feti with malt ed milk, and other nourishing li(uids, but ali efforts to thor oughly awaken him arft futile. His case is arousing much in terest and anxicty, and is being watched by a number of physi cians. Mr. Cass is the locai under taker at Beebe is about 44 years old and has ahvays enjoyed fairly good health. Elmcr French Dies Suddenly in dover Elmer French dietl at the old home stead in Glover Friday marning of acute indisrestion, aged (i'J years. Mr. French had been living with his ! hrother, Robert E. French of. St. I Johnsbury and had recently gene to ' Glover on a visit. His home was in Chelsea, Mass., and for 20 years he was a partner in the f.rm of French I Brothers, a grocery finii on Hanoveri i Street, Boston. He was a member of I jthe Blue lodge of Chelsea and of thoj (,'ommandery and Alepjio ' Tempie,) Mystie Shrine, Boston. He leaves al wife in Chelsea, a brother, Robert! E. French, and four sisters, Mrs. I F. A. Scott and Mrs. G. A. Hamblett ! o,f St. Johnsbury, Miss Jcnnie French I and Mrs. Frank Taylor, both of, ., . , .... i ijiovcu . v ritiay nioi ning jvueii ine ai-, l'angt nients will be eonmleted. i j.GcOl'gC I. Green i j; j,- Bakery j Grecn has sold his bake y t . ... T ..... " .-ind Clarence II. Pope nnd these gen tlemen take possession Monday mom :ing. Mr. Untile is now employed at the scale works, but was formerly in the Cross bakery. Mr. Pope has been onnected with the bakery at the F. A. Scott store and has beconie thor- oughly conversant with the baking husiness. iiavnitr earneti nis iraue m j the navy. Mr. Green has conducted ('the bakery for the past nine years j and built up a successful business, i He has not decided as to his future I plans. - Excel In Pulling Power Built by the General Motors j Corporation and Sold by J chas. e: SILSBY I Duick and G. M. C. Salcs-1 rooms 76 Eastcrn Ave., St. Johnsbury, Vermont marine what the American Legion Vote On New Draft of Troublesome Measure May Come Late Today WASHINGTON, March 12 A substitute for the' Iiepublican Artide 10 reservation to the peace treaty was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Lodge, fin general it follows ,the draft agreed on several times in bi-partisan negotiations. When the reservation was ofTered it was declaretl among the Republicans that the negotiators hadjof thc treaty foi. any pun,ose unless li ned up alinosi enough votes to rati fy the treaty on that basis, but final agreement had not yet been reachetl. The Rcpublican leaders planned to jet a vote late today. In present ing the substitute Sen ator Lodge said he did so in the in terest of compromise and not because the new draft represented any sub stantial changc in the meaning of the article. "I do this," he said, "in full conso nance with what I have stated on the fioor of the Senate several times. I do not feci that I should be justified in defeat of the treaty on a mere t)ucslion of the phraseology of any reservation. If I thought the modi fication mail e any change in the sub stance of any reservation I not only should not offer it but I should vote against the treaty with sudi a re servation included. As presented the new article reads: "The United States assumes no ob ligation to preservo the territorial integrity or politicai independenec of any other country by the employment of its military or naval forces, its re sourees , or .any forni of economie discrimination or to interfere with controversies between nations wheth cr members of the league or not un der the provision of Article 10, or to cmploy a militaiy or naval forces of the United States under any article At ali times we en deavor to serve our patrona and conduct our -business in a manner that will causo us to be re membered by those whom we sel ve. Wc endeavor to sell service and quality with our Mcrehan-dise. 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