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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-03

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

ing to the State Treasurer and Audi
tor of Accounts.
In 1910 the present Bank Coumis-
sioner reported to the Legislature as
follows:
"I examined the Auditors ac-
counts as required by law, and found
them correct. The system of ac-
counting is excellent. aad full in
formation with relation to all ac-
counts required by law to be kept by
the Auditor is easily obtainable".
In 1916 the present Bank Com
missioner reported to the legislature
as follows:
"I have checked up the vouchers
in the Auditors office and proved the
trial balances for each year and
found them correct.
He further goes on to say that the
business of the Treasurer's office and
the Auditors Office has SO greatly in
creased that further assistance ought
to be afforded him for his examina-
tions.
In 1904 the Committee on Claims
of the House and the Senate, acting
jointly, examined the Office and re-
ported to their respective houses, a.
mong other things:
eve have checked with these
books and examined carefully all
vouchers and papers, approximately
one hundred thousand in number,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
$24,755.65 UNACCOUNTED FOR
CLAIMED IN GRAHAM CASE
Special Auditors Make Report Cover
ing the Period From October 9,
1902 to Jan. 3, 1917-Graham
Makes Statement.

The Board of Control was called
together at a special meeting at
Montpelier, August %, 1918, at
which the Board unanimously voted
to appoint a committee to employ a
reputable, expert, certified account
ant from outside the State to make
thorough examination Of the books
in the office of the auditor of ac-
counts. Will L. Davis of Rutland
and John E. Weeks of Middlebury
were appointed as this committee,
and subsequently employed for the
work Arthur Young and Company,
accountants and auditors, II Broad
way, New York City. Their reports
were received by the committee at
Rutland, December 26, 1918, and a
special meeting of the Board of Con-
troll was called at Montpelier the fol-
lowing day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
W00LENS
Suits or Overcoats $500 to $4,000
Handmade Throughout
We also do
Cleansing and Pressing
G. H. ST. PIERRE, Merchant Tailor
PROBATE NOTICE

Regular sessions of the Probate
Court for the District of Essex will
be held at Guildhall on the first
Wednesday of each, month in the
forenoon.
At Island Pond, the first Wednes.
day of January, April, July and
October, in the afternoon.
AtLunenburg, the second Wednes-
day of January, April, July and
October, in the forenoon.
At Concord in the afternoon of
the same days.
Special sessions will be held be
arrangement,
Communications should be sent
to Fred A. Brewer, Judge, Concord,
or to George H. Hubbard, Register,
Guildhall.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

In addition to the above amount,
the Auditor paid himself fees for
outside services for acting as Print
ing Commissioner, as Member of the
Board of Appeals, and as Attorney
for the State and Respondents, etc.
The authority for the payment of
these sums is questioned and it is a
matter of legal Interpretation of va
rious Acts of the Legislature as to
whether an Official receiving a sal
ary from the State is entitled to
charge for his own outside services.
No. 1874, Acts Of 1908, declares that
the Auditor of Accounts shall give
his entire time to the work of his off
ice. The presumption from this is
that the Auditor can make no
charge, at least from that date, for
services outside the scope of the du-
ties of his office. Prior acts are 81
lent on the subject.
From 1903 to 1908 the amounts
paid by the Auditor to himself for
these outside services totalled,
$657.00. From 1909 to 1917 these
outside fees came to $4,000.
The aggregate of the foregoing a.
mounts is as follows:
Cash balances unaccounted
for, $24,755.65
Moneys paid by the Auditor
to himself for outside SER
vices, the legality of which
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

Vermon-Ch Balance
Unaccou for from 9, to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
COL. ROOSEVELT PASSES
AWAY AT OYSTER BAY.
The Nation in Mourning for The
Passing of This Inspiring Leader
of Men and Americas Foremost
Citizen.

NEW YORK, Jan.6.-Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt died at his home in
Oyster Bay early today.
The immediate cause of Colonel
Roosevelt's death was pulmonary en-
bolism or odgment in the lung of a
bolism or lodgment in the lung of a
of his physicians stated.
Death, it was said, came to him
painlessly as he slept.
Three physicians had been in at
tendance upon the colonel since he
was taken to Roosevelt hospital sew
en- weeks ago to be treated for what
was believed to be sciatica. The pa
TENTS trouble was later diagnosed as
inflammatory rheumatism which, ac-
cording to one of his doctors, had
affected virtually every joint in his
body.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
"kATCHA-KCO"

A novel and brilliant musical pro-
! duction, entitled "Katcha-Koo" will
be given under the auspices of the
Brighton High School February 10,
at the Opera House,
This Oriental-American Fantas-
tique carries the audience from one
of the private temples OF the Ma
harajah of Hung in India where the
first Act is laid, to New York at the
home of Mrs. Chattie- Gaddin, rich
American widow.
The leading dramatic talent in
town is to appear in the various roles
and in the beautiful dances and
choruses. Among the principal char
acters will be- Katcha-Koo, a Fa-
kir, Maharaiah of Hunga, an East
Indian Romeo, Dick Horton, a Col
lector of Antiques, Harry Bradstone,
a Collector of Adventures, Mrs.
Chattie- Gaddin, a rich American
Widow, Dolly, her daughter, Pru-
dence, another daughter, Solejah
Widow of Wizard, Urbanah, High
Priestess of the Temple, Boodypah,
a slave, Chin-Chin Foo, Chinese wife
Of Maharajah, Brazillitate, Brizill-
ian Wife of Maharajah, Pastsy Kill
dare, Irish Wife of Maharaiah, La
Belle Elysee, French Wife Of Maha-
rajah.
Others will assume the roles of O.
rental ladies, priets, slaves, attend
ants, Polo dances, etc.
A patriotic and inspiring finale
Liberty Aflame", in which America
Joan of Arc, England, France, Italy
and the allied nations appear will be-
one of the features of the produc-
ton.
An experienced professional di-
rector supplied by John B. Rogers
Producing Company will attend to
the correct staging of the play
Special scenery and costumes will
be supplied.
Miss Hazel Amsden is chairman
of the local committee. 1t ia ex-
pected that rehearsals will begin
about January 9th.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
THRIFT AND SAVINGS STAMPS
ARE AS GOOD AS GOLD
They Should Not Be Cashed Until!
Maturity

People who think that untitled
Thrift Stamp certificates or War Say
ings cards must be cashed il before
January l, are absolutely wrong.
War Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps are as good as gold, whether
the certificate or Thrift Stamp card
is completely filled or not.
Lewis B. Franklin, director of the
War Loan Organization, Of tn
United States Treasury Department,
says there is a tendency to cash -
War Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps, because their owners have
an idea that only completely filed
certificates or cards will be valuable
after January 1st.
Hold onto your War Savings Ger
tificates, whether you have one War
Savings Stamp or a filled card ad-
vises Mr. Franklin.
There is absolutely no reason
for cashing single Savings
Stamp before maturity. The
single Savings Stamp will grow
in value in the same proportion
as your twenty stamps, and the
government will redeem it on ey-
piration for SIS. just as it will re-
deem your twenty Savings stamps
for 500. Thrift cards, even the
partially filled, are as good as
ever. The Government will con-
tinue to sell Thrift Stamps, 20
that you can fill out these cards
and exchange them for the 1919
issue of War Savings Stamps"
The 1919 War Savings Stamps will
be sold after January / the same as
were the old War Savings Stamps.
The only difference is that these new
blue stamps must be pasted in a new
certificate, and not be used to al out
the old certificate. The old oertif-
Gates, of course, did not have to be
completely filed to entitle every hol-
der to IS on maturity for every War
Savings Stamp in hem.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

Have You Paid Your WV. c. Plegde
which was due Dec.1, or half Jan.
Is, whole due March,?
The pledges are in the hands of
T. c. Carr, and should be met
promptly.
While the war is ended, the need
never was greater. Won't you see
your pledge is met as above.
Local Committee
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
NEWARK

Mrs. Toffile Berry has recovered
so far as W be about the house.
The members of Charles Fosters
family are recovering from influenza.
They had a trained nurse from St.
Johnsbury.
Mrs. Francis Davio of st. Johns
bury and daughter, Pearl, have been
visiting at Louis st. Peters this
week.
Porter Wallace had the misfortune
to lose a horse Sunday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
Statement of Horace F. Graham
To the People of Vermont:

l have read the report of Arthur
Young & Company of the examina-
ton of the accounts of the Auditor
of Accounts during my fourteen
years and three months tenure of
office.
l had long ago decided to make no
statement until my term of office as
Governor had expired and l neither
admit nor deny anything at this time.
However, l cannot permit this re-
port to go to the public without a
word from me.
do not know member of this
firm nor any of their employees and
have not met any one oft he men
who conducted the examination, nor
have l been asked by them to assist
in any way or to make any eXplana-
ton.
l am first charged with having
overdrawn my account every year
but one while l held the office of
Auditor of Accounts.
In the fall of 1904 the late Fred
erick S. Platt, Inspector of Finance,
examined the books and accounts of
the office and made the following re-
port to the Legislature:
proper vouchers were exhibited
by the State Treasurer and the State
Auditor and the books and accounts
of the officers were found to be cor
rect"
In 1906 Luther A. Cobb, Inspect
or Finance, examined the office and
reported as follows:
"The books are we'll and correctly
kept, and the accounts are properly
vouchered".
Again in 1908 Mr.. Cobb reported
"He has performed the duties re-
quired of him by Section 1913 relat-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

covering the past biennial period and
we find a receipt for each order
drawn according to law.
They fgrther say:
There has been a marked i'm
provement in the system of filling
vouchers beginning during the in
cumbency of o. M. Barber and con-
inuing until the present, time. The
present system of bookkeeping, orig
mated somewhat by Mr.. Barber, and
perfected by Mr.. Graham to the ex-
tent of a personal expense to him
self* is all that can be expected
under the present appropriations.
If my memory serves me correctly
this examination occupied a good
share of the time of the session.
Again in 1906 the Committees on
Claims, acting jointly, examined the
office and reported, among other
things, as follows:
I'VE have examined report sheets
and vouchers and we find he has re-
ceipted vouchers for all bills paid
as the law Directs.
They further reported: eve find
that the books are kept in a most in
telligent and up to date form and
much credit is due to the Auditor
of Accounts and his assistants for
the improved methods in use".
I am now under indictment for
grand larceny and embezzlement for
all the moneys drawn by me, item
by item, since April, 1915 to Janu-
ary, 1917, when l left the office and
for this reason | shall make no state
ment about these items except at my
trial, as | prefer to try the matter
in court rather than attempt to do
so in the newspapers.
l am further charged with receiv-
ing money from the State for SER
vices in a professional way, while
Auditor of Accounts, before the Act
of 1908. This l admit willingly and
say that | rendered the service, have
been paid for it and had both legal
and moral right to the pay.
l am further charged with having
received from the State since the
Act of 1908, the sum of six hundred
nineteen dollars. If r remember
the matters correctly, over three
fourths of this amount was for my
services as a Referee with the late
Mr.. Platt and Judge Taylor in a
cause begun back in 1905 or 1906
and as a member of the Board of APP
peals upon railraod appraisials. The
balance, except l believe eight dol
lars, was paid for completing SER
vices begun and partly rendered be-
fore the Act of 1908 took effect.
Since 1908 | have had no civil law
practice worthy of the name, but
have devoted my time exclusively to
the duties of the office and have Civ
en- to it the best that was in me.
In conclusion | wish to say that
the practice of making advances to
state officials, so far as l know, was
begun by the late E. Henry Powell,
who was Auditor of Accounts from
1878 to 1892, and has been contin-
ued down to the present time.
Horace F. Graham
Montpelier, Vermont
December 30, 1918
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
Report of Arthur Young & Company
Accountants and Auditors.

Accountants and Auditors.
To the Special Committee appoint
ed by the Board of Control of the
State of Vermont, for the purpose
of having an investigation made of
the office of the Auditor of Accounts.
Gentlemen:
We have made a comprehensive
audit from October 9, 1902 to Jan
uary 8, 1917, of the accounts of the
State Auditor with the State of Ver-
mont, also the accounts of the Dep
uty Auditors, and of the Staff en-
ployed for the same period, this be-
ing the term during which Mr.. Hor-
ace F. Graham held the position of
State Auditor of Accounts.
We find:
1. That there is balance unac-
counted for by Mr.H F. Graham
2. That the accounts of the Deputy
Auditors and of the Staff dur
ing the period from October 9,
1902 to January 3, 1917, are
correct.
State Auditors Account
The first year he held office, the
Auditor Of Accounts failed to &C
count for a portion of the cash
which he had drawn by orders on
the State Treasurer. The same con-
dition prevailed in every year but
one of the fourteen odd years he
held office.
The yearly amounts unaccounted
for vary from 5000 to over $4,000
as shown below:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
Telephone Subscribers Meeting

The telephone subscribers are re-
quested to meet in the town clerks
office at 2 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. Ia,
to take final action relative to a
hearing before the Public Service
Commission regarding the toll
charges in effect Feb. 1st.
No action will be taken unless q
majority of the subscribers are pre-
sent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
is questioned from 1909
to 1917, $4,000
$25,374.65

Making total, $25,374.65
If it is held that amounts paid for
outside services between 1908 and
1908 should be treated in the same
manner as those from 1909 to 1917,
the item of $657 for the former per-
iod will be required to be added to
the total balance unaccounted for.
Nothing has been added to this
balance for interest.
If it is decided that it is proper
for interest to be taken into account,
it will of course increase the above
total considerably, depending on the
rate per cent used.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Arthur Young & Co.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
BASKET BALL
B. H. S. Wins Fifth Game of the Sea-
son.-Beats Berlin Independents in
An Exciting Game

On last Friday night B. H. S. had
to be on the jump to win the game
with Berlin Independents but B. H.
S. did it after a hard tussle. 1t was
several minutes before either side
scored but Roby broke the ice and
made the first basket then Berlin did
the same and the score was tied but
B. H. S. soon forged ahead and at
the end of the 1st period the score
was 10 to in their favor During
the first period one of the Berlin
players got injured on the hand and
the game was delayed for a few min.
utes.
In the End period Berlin made a
fine effort to get ahead but B. H. S.
held them down, although Berlin
came near having victory on their
list. Berlin got the last basket from
the floor and B. H. S. got 1 point
from foul just as the final whistle
blew, in fact the ball was in the air
when it blew.
In the 1st period Stevens got
fine basket, besides one other.
Rooney did good guard work as did
Marsh and King, Roby did good work
at shooting baskets. Anderson and
Preo, of Berlin, did good work in
caging baskets.
The final score was 1918.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
SCOUTS AGAINST MECHANICS.

$50 long as the foreign-born person
feels that we do not respect him, he
does not want to join America, learn
English and become q Citizen" says
Commissioner p. p. Claxton of the
United States bureau of education.
1.-The bureau believes that the boy
scouts, who have pledged themselves
to be helpful, friendly, courteous and
kind, will be glad to adopt this code
MY purpose shall be to discourage
In the native-born the love for titles
to help every immigrant to forget his
hyphen and be proud of the name
American, and to stamp out the use
of such nicknames as words of de
rislon of the foreign born.
"We pledge our service never to use
and to discourage everywhere, the use
of such words as Dago, Dutchy, Frog
gy, Ginny, Greaser, Heiny, Horwat
Hunky, like, Mick, Paddy. Sheeny
Spaghetti, Wop, as applied to any for
eign-born resident in the United States
of America"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
SCOUTS REPLANT WALNUT.

The %replanting, of black walnut
trees, which are threatened with ex-
termination as a result of their use
for war purposes, is being urged.
According to the United States for
est service the shortage of black wal
nut trees is not due alone to the de-
mands of u own army. The Ger
mans themselves stripped the Ameri'
can black walnut belt 20 years ago,
when shipload after shipload of wal
nut lumber, which had been collected
by German agents, was transported to
Germany for military purposes. Their
forehandedness in acquiring large
stocks of black walnut timber this
way undoubtedly meant that they used
American black walnut against Amer
dcan troops.
President Wilson called upon the
boy scouts to seek out individual
trees for use In the manufacture OF
alrplane propellers and gun stocks
The forest service, in giving the totaI
figures as submitted to the ordnance
department, says that the scouts have
reported over 100000 board feet, OF
almost 5000 carloads of black walnut
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

I'm THE path of the victorious
British expedition in Palestine as
it moved northward lay the noun
tain ranges of the Lebanon, and
Aleppo, the taking of which city gave
complete control of the Syrian end of
the Bagdad railway and of the Inn
portant port of Alexandretta, the best
harbor in the country. From anna
Gus the railway to the north %traverses
the Beka'a, a long, fertile valley be"
tween the Lebanon and A~nti-Lebanon
ranges. In the middle of this valley
on the slope of the latter range is
situated the ancient town of Baalbek
celebrated for its wonderful ruins.
Baalbek is a small and prosperous
town, a large part of the population
being Christian, says Country Life,
and 1t is the seat Of the government
of a province of the same name and
a military center. Ya'kubi, an Arab
writer of the ninth century, speaks of
Baalbek as one of the finest towns of
Syria, and other writer's make allusion
to this beautiful spot and Its wonder
full ruins. 1t is spoken of by the geog-
rapher, Nur Kaddasi, as the coolest
place in Syria.
AS the name Baelbek, which Is
Semitic in origin, implies, IL was con
nected from early times with the wor
ship of the sun, probably meaning the
city of Baal in the Beka'a, by which
the plain is known. The Phoenician:
here erected a great temple to Baa
constructed with colossal stones aftel
their tanner. This was afterwardi
utilized and reconstructed In the Grae
co-Roman period, when the name Baal
bek took the Greek form of Heliopolis
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
CONFIDENCE MEN
ROB EVANGELIST
Frederick Seibert, Assistant to
Billy Sunday, Is Victim Of
"Con" Artists.
WAS GIVEN WARNING
AS an Expression Of Trust Religious
Man Gave SIicker $500 and Watch
and Chain Valued at
$3.50.

Chicago.-The school" for conf
dence men has turned out a new prod
ICY whose latest victim is Frederick
Seibert, evangelist and Billy Sunday
assistant, who trusted him with $3.50
and a watch after the slicker offered
to finance a tour of the South.
The master confidence man is OPP
Grating under the name of c. Har-
court and poses as a wealthy sheep
raiser from Sydney. Australia. Fred
A. Salaman, a wealthy English TIM
Der expert from London, a guest at
the Blackstone hotel, was the first
victim of Harcourt and his aids, who
obtained $240 from him.
Detective Sergeants Edward Baynes
and George Lynch of the detective bu-
reau, who were put on the Salaman
case, learned Of Seibert's presence In
Chicago as the mex probable victim
and warned him, but this failed to save
the religious worker.
Hearing from the hotel clerk that
Mr.. Seibert had called for Harcourt,
the detectives suspected him as one of
the gang, but he convinced them that
he was an evangelist here to raise
funds and have some hymn books and
sheet music of revival songs printed.
He gave his address as the office of
the Homer Rodeheaver Publishing
company, 40 South Dearborn street,
of which BILLY Sundays song leader
is the president.
offered Evangelist $1,000.
Seibert, who is from Marshalltown
Ia, said he met Harcourt In a shoe
shining shop and the latter offered
him $4,000 as an aid in building his
tabernacle.
Mr.. "Harcourt" introduced the evan
gelist to a friend" whose uncle, he
confided to Mr.. Seibert, had just diet
in Australia, leaving him 100000.
'~That tabernacle's a great thing
said the friend. believe me, religion
is great. I've a notion to put $10,0O
into your tabernacle.
Then he grew confidential. Leaning
over, he said:
"Now, since I'm going to trust yo'
with my $4,000. / wonder how ia
you'd trust mel"
"Trust you? With anything" sal,
Mr.. Seibert.
"How much money have you got?
asked the stranger.
Mr.. Seibert counted 1t out-S550.
A Matter Of Trust
"You wouldn't trust me to carr
$500 of 1t around the blockf"
. The $500 went into the stranger
outstretched hand. He waited a mil
ute.
1.-THE watch and chain" he asked
would you trust me with them, tool