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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-18

A. F.. & A. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
qsecond and Fourth Fridays of each month.
M. I. FORKNER. W. M.
WIN. STEVENSON, Secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
CLUNG TO RIGGING
OF WATER-LOGGED SHIP
After is Hours of Terrible Experience,
Captain and His Crew of Six Were
Rescued Amid Heavy Storm.

Beverly, Mass, Dec. 23.--The loss OF
the Danish schooner Scotia Queen, of
Cape Hatterss on Dec 10 and the rescue
Of Captain Richards of New York and his
crew of six by the steamer Gulfand, of
the Gulf Refining company's feet, be-
came known to-day upon the arrival Of
the steamer
The crew of the schooner had been
clinging to the rigging Of their water
logged craft for Is hours when they were
seen by the lookout on the Gulfland Oh
was pumped from the Gulhand's tanks TO
smooth the high waves and after several
fruitless attempts the dory, which was in
charge Of Third Officer C. f. Wheeler of
Philadelphia, was brought under the lee
of the schooner until all the men Of the
Scotia Queen had jumped into it.
The Scotia Queen was bound from
Jacksonville, Fla, for Norwalk, Conn,
with lumber She ran into heavy gales
on Dec IL and leaked so badly that the
pumps made no headway against the in
rush of water.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
BRINGS SCARS OF BATTLE.
Sgt. James Gibson Arrives in Barre from
u. S. Hospital.

Sgt. James Gibson Of the 5Sth infantry
is the first Barre boy to bring home the
scars Of battle. He alighted from an
early morning train Sunday with a de-
gree Of agility which belied the report
that he had been badly shot up, although
the story of his experience, which he re-
lated to New York reporters when the
Kroonland arrived at Hoboken, N. j.,
nearly fortnight ago, indicates that he
saw his share of service over there. The
young soldier was wounded in the leg at
vesle and again in the arm in the Ar
gonne forest. His mother, Mrs. Christina
Gibson, who is employed just now at
Montpelier seminary, was advised of her
sons casualties after he had arrived in
America
His recovery from the wounds has been
rapid, although not complete. After de-
barkation, Sgt. Gibson was detained in a
hospital on Staten Island, n. Y. He was
one Of the first Barre boys to enter the
service after the United States declared
war. Previously he had enlisted for bor-
der duty and was stationed at Fort
Ethan Allen for time Sgt. Gibson to-
day was frequently the center of an adj
miring group of listeners, many of them
in khaki, who heard with deep interest
his story Of overseas conflict.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
WILSON OPPOSES
SINKING SHIPS
He Does Not Believe in That
Method of Disposing of
German Prizes
PEACE DELEGATES
SAID TO HAVE AGREED
To Proposition of Destruc-
tion and Were Backed
by the British

Washington, D. O., Dec 23.-It may be
stated authoritatively that President
Wilson viii oppose in the most direct
fashion proposals from any source to
sink the warships surrendered by Ger
many under the terms OF the armistice.
Since word came from Paris that
American delegates to the peace confer
ence, with British support, Intended to
advocate destruction of the enemy ves-
sells to avoid contention over their dis
tribution, the subject has been discussed
with much interest among American and
allied naval officers here. Some officers
found reason for supporting such a
course, particularly in the difficulty of
Incorporating into other navies craft Of
German construction.
Officials have professed to know moth
ing about the attitude Of the president
until to-day, when it was learned that
he viewed the plan as altogether unde-
sirable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23

NEAR BARRE
Washington County Institu.
tion to Be Located on
Beckley Hill
COOLEY FARM CHOSEN
BY THE TRUSTEES
1t Is Believed That Construc.
ton Will Not Be De-
layed Long

The Cooley farm on Beckley hill in
Barre Town has been selected for the
site of the Washington county tuber-
culosis hospital, according to an an
nouncement made to-day by the trustees,
who are: Senator. elect Frank G. How.
land Of Barre and j. W. Bates of More
town, and Mrs. James b. Estee of Mont
pelier. Thus the institution will be sit
uated near the east end Of Beckley
street, within seyen-tenths of mile of
Barres main thoroughfare.
Nothing in the announcement indicates
when the site will be improved for hos
pital purposes, but it is not thought
that the naturalization OF the hospital
idea will be delayed long. As the re-
suit of legislation enacted by the gen
eral assembly of 1919, the sum of $4,000
may be expended in the founding Of a
county tuberculosis hospital. The need
of such an institution in granite pro-
ducing county where tuberculosis is most
apt to be prevalent has long been felt.
The option conveyed by Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Cooley is concerned with a l00-acre
farm and buildings. The farm is the last
farm but one from the top of the hill,
1t offers a commanding outlook upon
the length and breadth of the river val
ley to the west, with curtain of hills
and mountains in the distance. Camel's
Hump is clearly outlined from the emf
nence, while TO the eastward splendid
view Of the Orange and Plainfield noun
tain spurs Is to be had. Water from an
artesian well l02 feet deep is pumped
by windmill.
General satisfaction is expressed over
the choice made by the trustees. Among
them the selection was unanimous. More
over, the site meets with the emphatic
approval Of the governor and the state
board Of health, thereby complying with
the statutory section which requires the
sanction Of the executive and the state
board before site Is finally deter.
mined The signatures of the governor
and members of the state board of
health along with the signatures of the
trustees, are attached to the instrument
conveying the option.
The Beckley hill site was not selected
until il had been carefully compared
with number of other proposed loca-
tions inspected by the trustees.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
ACCUSED WOMAN
PROMPTLY RELEASED
When Expert Said There Was No Arsenic
in the Organs Of Her Father-in-Law,
She Was Accused of Numbering.

Rochester, N. Y, Dec 23.-The trial at
Geneseo of Mrs, Gladys Cannon Webster,
10 years old, charged with the murder of
her father -in,l law, Edwin Dyer Webster,
last August, ended suddenly to-day when
Justice Robert Thompson directed the
jury TO bring in a verdict of not guilty
and Immediately thereafter discharged
the defendant.
District Attorney William A. Wheeler
moved for the dismissal of the indict-
ment on the ground of insufficient evil
dence He said the expert testimony of
DR.. Herbert Brown, pathologist, as to the
presence of arsenic IL Edwin Webster's
organs had been in error Specimens of
the contents of Webster's organs, said
the district attorney, had been submitted
to Dr. Albert S. Sy, toxilogist, Of Buffalo,
and Dr. Sy had reported that no traces
of arsenic were to be found. Dr. Sy cor
roborated the district attorneys state
ment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
GROUNDWORK FOR CONFERENCE
LEDBYPRESIDENT WILSON
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
OUTLINE PRESENTED
Paris Newspaper Gives What Purports to
Be the Important Features of the
Proposed Agreement.

Paris, Dec. 23.--The Matin to-day was
authorized to print the article which was
censored yesterday. The article, the first
headline of which reads Yesterdays
Utopia -morrow's Reality" sets forth
the manner of procedure of the 'promot-
ers of league of nations acting in agree
ment with the allied governments"
"There will be three stages" says The
Matin. First, the allied governments will
settle among themselves the principles of
the league. AS fundamental rule they
viii set down the right of peoples to de-
eide their own destinies. As practical
consequence it follows that there will be
| limitation of armaments and compulsory
arbitration among the nations. 1t seems
Indispensable that at this point the en-
tente countries bind themselves to put
these clauses in the preliminaries of
peace.
1T has appeared absolutely necessary
to the promoters that the regime Of the
future world should be fixed in its main
outlines before there are any questions
of indemnities and territories, so that
for the first time in history the delibera-
tions of the plenipotentiaries should be
dominated by higher ideals than mere in
diyidual interest.
"The second act win consist in notify
ing the enemy powers of the fundamental
principles laid down in the preliminaries
and requiring from them their adhesion
to these principles. AS to other condi-
tions of peace preliminaries, as in the
case Of stipulations Of a territorial, fnan.
cial and economic character, no discus
sion win be admitted, The entente dele
gates viii say TO Germany and her allies:
Compulsory arbitration and limita-
tion of ornaments are integral parts of
our conditions. You must subscribe to
them at once. You will know later how
these principles will be applied
"The preliminaries once signed, details
of the peace treaty will be discussed
among the belligerents, and only after
the signing of this treaty of peace proper
viii the third stage be reached. This will
be universal conference to settle the
new relations to be created between the
peoples.
"To this conference neutrals may be
admitted. No nation, however, will be
admitted to full memberships the league
of nations if it does not offer sufficient
guarantees Germany, having started the
, war, will have been condemned by the
peace conference to make restitution and
reparation. She cannot be regarded as
being on an equal footing with other ma
tions until she has paid her debt. Ger.
many has committed crime, and she
must atone for it before she can be ad.
mitted to the ranks of honest and civil
lized peoples.
Meanwhile the other countries will be
united by formal agreements, world po-
lice will have been created, and sane
tions of all kinds viii have been institut
ed. An international tribunal will be
working, and the specter of war, as far as
! it is humanity possible, win be banished
from the path of civilization"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
PURELY PRIVATE VISIT.
Declared Monsignor cerretti After Seeing
Wilson.

Paris, Dec. % (Hayas) -Monsignor
Cerretti, papal under secretary of state
who called on President Wilson last
week, said to-day that his visit was
purely private and that he was satisfied
with the results Of his conversation with
the president The Vatican statesman
added that he was going to the United
States for the single purpose of repre-
senting Pope Benedict at the jubilee of
Cardinal Gibbons. He will sail from Lis
bon on Jan J.
Pope Benedict, Monsignor Cerretti add.
ed, approved of the principle of the
league of nations. The Vatican, he con
tinued, has no preconceived idea as to
representation in the peace conference or
in the subsequent conference He will
set forth its opinion, he concluded, if in,
vited to do so. Monsignor Cerretti said
he had no mandate to settle questions
which have been brought forward.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
ENGLAND's BEST WELCOME.
Is Waiting for President Wilson, Says
The London Daily Mail.

London, Dec. Accommodating upon
the visit Of President Wilson to Eng
land, The Daily Mail says:
"We shall give him Of our best. Mr..
Wilson is not coming here for politics.
His visit is for international eonsecra.
tion and Is to visibly cement the two
English-speaking peoples, Graded in
whose hands reposes the newborn peace
of the world.
1--WE behold a Christmas of iov and
IA moment unexampIed in the rugged
history of our race 1t is the peace
Christmas. Many Of our soldiers are
back again and our tortured prisoners
are coming home Gaiety at last is re-
leased from bonds Of anxiety and priva-
tion and glows like fire in our hearts.
At this season Of all the presidents
visit is heartening angiry for the
world peace, since ii founds upon rock
the solid amity and united purpose Of
the British and American democracies :"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
PTRATING OF NEWS
TO BE STOPPED
Tnjunctions Granted the Associated Press
We're Sustained By United States
Sr'preme Court.

Washington, D. c., Dec, 23--Injunc-
tions granted the Associated Press to
stop the pirating of news by the Inter
national News service were sustained to-.
day by the supreme court of the United
States.
Referring to contentious of the Inter
national News service that the Assoeiat-
ed Press was guilty of the same prac-
tices charged against the defendants,
Justice Pitney said that there is nothing
in the proceedings that puts the Asso-
ciated Press in the position of having
unclean hands"
Justice Holmes, in an associate opin-
ion, said he partially agreed with the
majority, but dissented from the prin-
ciple that there is property in news. Jus
tice Pitney announced that Justice
Clarke took no part in the proceedings.
The court declared the processes used
by the international News service in tax
ing Associated Press news amounted to
an unauthorized interference with the
normal operation Of complainant's legiti-
mate business"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
MOST PRESSING ALLIED PROBLEM,
THAT OF FEEDING STARVING PEOPLE
OF LIBERATED COUNTRIES, is SOLVED
ARRANGING HIS OWN CHRISTMAS
William Hohenzollern Wanted Clergy
man from Germany.

London, Dec. 23.--William Hohenzol-
lern has arranged for himself a Christ
mas celebration after the traditional
German style, as far as the circum-
stances will permit, according to a dis
patch to the Daily Express from Amster-
dam to-day. The arrangements by the
ex-emperor's insistenee will include elab-
crate religious ceremonies on Christmas
eve. The idea of using the village chap
Ell for these, however, has proved inn
practicable for various reasons, one of
them being the fear Of popular hostile
demonstrations. The service, according
" will be held in the drawing room of
Amerongen castle, which will be convert,
ed into a chapel
The ex-emperor desired TO have the
court chaplain, DIR. Ernest Won bryan
der, come from Berlin to preach the ser
mon at the Christmas eve ceremony,
but the Berlin government, the dispatch
says, has refused permission for the
chaplain to go to Holland. The service,
consequently, will be conducted by a
German missionary from Zeist, near
Amerongen, but Herr Hohenzollern him
self will deliver the sermon.
Many friends of Count Won Bentinck,
the former emperor's host, have been
asked to attend the service, the dispatch
adds, but have refused the invitation.
The former rulers audience, therefore,
will consist of Count Won Bentinck and
his family, the ex-emperor's suite and
the servants of the castle.
Christmas trees viii be provided as
usual for the celebration. Herr Hohen-
zollern cut these down himself, with
the help of two men of the estate, in the
Amerongen pine woods. The trees are
now being decorated and loaded with
pifts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
NO WARM TRIAL THIS TERM.
Franklin County Court Getting Ready
for Adjournment.

ST. Adams, Dee o. Judge Frank L.
Fish Of Yergennes viii be in the city on
Thursday afternoon, Dec 26, to open the
adjourned session of Franklin county
court and to dispose Of the remaining
court matters. The fact that the jury
Is not to be recalled is taken to mean
that the case of State VS. Robert Warm,
for the alleged murder Of Jennie Hem
mingway, is not to be taken up at this
term. The state asked for delay as
DR.. B. H. Stone, its principal witness,
viii be unable to appear on Dec, 20, the
date set for trial, and Judge Fish has
not made formal announcement yet re-
garding his decision in the matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
DEATH OF KARL R. SAWYER.
Occurred Sunday Morning After Illness
with Pneumonia.

Karl r. Sawyer, travelling salesman
of wide acquaintance died at his home,
As Merchant street, Sunday morning at
9 o'clock. Influenza, followed by pneu-
monia, was the cause of his demise, it
being the first influenza fatality in Barre
since the epidemic was checked early in
November Mr. Sawyer was taken i'll
Dec. l3, but his condition did not take a
serious turn until the middle of last
week, when pneumonia developed. Sew
eral physicians, called in consultation,
agreed that the diagnosis was unmistak-
able.
The deceased was born in Moretown
March 0, 1875, and had lived in Barre
since 1888, having come here then with
his parents He attended the city
schools and afterward enrolled at God
dard seminary As a young man he was
employed in the granite industry, but
upon the death of his father, Charles
SAWYER, in 1911 he succeeded him as the
Vermont and New Hampshire represen-
tatiye of the Valvoline Oil Co., New
York and Boston concern by whom the
elder Sawyer was employed for quar-
century. lie was meHlDeT OF MONT
pelier lodge Of Elks, No. "a, and at the
time of his death held the Office of tyler
in the order He also belonged to Barre
acrie, No. | ,573, Fraternal Order of Ea-
giles. Mr.. Sawyer vas loyal in his fra
ternal associations and an active and un-
tiring worker in their behalf His un-
timely death has brought sorrow to a
very wide circle of friends.
Mr.. Sawyer is survived by his wife.
who was Miss Nellie Babcock of Mont
pelier before her marriage Jan. |, 1900,
and two children, Russell Sawyer, aged
rs, and Katherine Sawyer, who is two
and one half years old. His uncle, Frank
II. Sawyer, resides in Moretown. An
aunt, Miss Addie z. Sawyer, also re.
sides in Moretown. The family are di
rect descendants of Israel Putnam of
Revolutionary fame.
A private funeral will be held Tues.
day forenoon at 10 o'clock Rev. r. l.
Goodspeed, pastor Of the Congregational
church, officiating. Those who will act "A
bearers are representatives of the Elks
and the Eagles, being A. j. Guthrie, John
B. Games, David Mcdonald, Jildo Cappio.
w. N, Theriault and Fred w. Bancroft.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
TO DISCUSS AERIAL NAVIGATION.
Several Allied Nations and United States
Will Have Conference.

Paris, Dec. % tHayas) Representa-
tives of several allied powers and the
United States viii hold conference in
Paris early in the New Year to consider
the future of international aerial navi-
cation, the Echo de Paris announces.
Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, France
and the United States will be repre-.
sented at the conference, which will
study the questions of how to prevent
airplanes of different nationalities from
crossing customs barriers and how to
prevent postal or commercial airplanes
from being transformed into bombing
machines within few minutes. The re-
suit of the deliberations Of the confer
ence, the paper adds, will have to be ac-
cepted by Germany and her former allies
in the peace treaty
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
TRANSPORT CEDRIC
COMES TO PORT
And Is Followed By the George Washing
ton Bringing Back Contingent
of Troops.

New York, Dec. 23.--The United States
transport Cedric arrived in port to-day
from Liverpool, carrying American
troops.
Aboard the Cedric we're So officers.
2, los enlisted men, four nurses and seven
civilians The troops comprised Win
chester casual companies Nos 062 (col.
oredl, 1865, l.O66 and 1867; Liverpool
casual companies Nos. l,0O2 (coloredl
1908, 1904, zoos, 1905, 1907 the 332d
aero squadron and Il officers and 424 men
sick and wounded
The Cedric was followed into port by
the transport George Washington, the
ship that conveyed President Wilson TO
France, also bringing home American
troops
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
Barre Board of Trade Notified.
MoRETowN MAN INJURED.
Was Struck on Head by Binding Pole
While Binding Hay.

George Cutler of Moretown is at Hea-
ton hospital in serious condition. He
was injured Saturday while binding a
load of hay. The binding pole broke, and
piece of it hit him on the side of the
head He was able to tell his friends how
it occurred and later was able to 90
some distance, but in the evening became
insane He was brought to the hospital,
where it took two men to care for him.
Sunday an operation was performed for
the removal of clot of blood from the
brain,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
TAKEN BY CANADIANS.
U. S. Naval Service Station Passage in
Halifax Harbor.

Halifax, N. s., Dec. 23.-The United
States naval air service station passage
in Halifax harbor is to be taken over by
the Canadian naval service by the first
of the year, according to an announce
ment made here to-day. Sixty of the 25O
members of the American unit left the
station to-day for New York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
INFLUENZA IN ST. ALBANS.
Only Fed New Cases Nave Been Re.
ported.

st. Adams, Dec %. There are few
new cases of influenza in the city, but,
contrary to alarming reports of large
number of new cases, only eight have
been reported to City Health Officer w.
B. Arnold during the past few days. This
makes a total Of rs during the month
of December.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
DECLARED ACT CONSTITUTIONAL.
The Seamen's Law Regulating the Pay.
ment of Wages.

Washington, d. c., Dee. 23.-In its
first Interpretation of the La Toilette
seamen's act the supreme court, an
swering questions certified from the low
er court, to-day declared constitutional
the sections regulating the payment of
wages to seamen, but limiting its appli-
cation to foreign vessels only while they
are in American waters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
BARRE MAN WOUNDED.
Pvt. Leo Polonghini Was at One Time
Employed by City.

Private Leo Polonghini, mentioned in
to.day's casualty list as being among the
wounded, degree undetermined, formerly
lived at 10 Webster avenue, this city
Before he joined the colors last spring he
was employed by w H. Ward in the ice
business. Previously. he had been on the
city y-roll at one time or another. Pri.
vate Polonghini's mother is Mrs. Ella
Polonghini, who is living in Newport
He is "a years old and has sister, Miss
Alice Polonghini.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
SILK" o'LoUGHLIN'S FUNERAL
Was Held at Rochester, N. Y, Many
Friends Attending.

Rochester, N. ", Dec. 23. - The fu-
neral of Francis "Silk" O'Loughlin, the
veteran American league umpire, who
died in Boston on Friday, was held this
morning from Blessed Sacrament church
here and was attended by large mum.
ber of friends. Among the floral offer
ings was wreath from Ban johnson,
president of the American league.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
LuxURIEs TAX REMOVED.
Senate Wiped Out the Proposed 20 PEI
Cent Levy.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 23.--In dispos-
ing Of amendments to the war revenue
bill with view to its passage before ad-
iournment to-day, the Senate expressed
its first dissent from the finance COM
revision by eliminating, SO to 80,
the 20 per cent tax on so-ealled luxuries.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
Won EcKHARDT NOT RECALLED.
According to an Organ of the Mexican
Government.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 90. 3.-Ambas-
sador Fletcher at Mexico City advised
the state department to-day that El
Pueblo, a government organ, had de-
nied that Won Eckhardt, the German
minister to Mexico, had been recalled
Other Mexican newspapers, however, say
that Won Eckhardt's mission there has
term-1ated, though he has not decided
as to leaving the country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
TO CONFER WITH WAR CABINET.
On the Day Following His Arrival in
London.

London, Dec. 23.--It is expected
that the entire day Friday, the day fol-
lowing President Wilson's arrival in
England for his visit, win be devoted to
a discussion by the president with the
war cabinet of the terms to be proposed
by Great Britain at the inter-alied con-
ference preceding the peace congress.
The cabinet, it is said, win be able to
finish by tomorrow night the task of
framing the terms, and the final draft
should be ready by Christmas day.