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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
S. c. Voodry Of Cabot Was
Elected President of the
Vermont Association
REPORTS PRESENTED
SHOW GOOD CONDITION
Mr.. Voodry and R. H. Royce
of Johnson Delegates to
National Convention

Twenty five or more members of the
Vermont brsnch Of the National rue
of Postmasters met this mornis a
business meeting in the Knigt 4,yth
las hall in the Blanchar' \ <. This
group represented num- Ss5owns from
all parts of the stat ~ annual elec
tion of officers ree ucEds follows. s. G.
vOodry of Cab ~ sidenti J. H, Fletch-
er OF Bridport~ eice-president; R. H.
Royce of Johnson, secretary and treas
urer. Other business included the read
ing of the reports for the year which
showed that the membership had stead
lily increased throughout the year, while
the financial condition was the best in
years s. c. Voodry and r. Fl. Royce
were chosen as the two men to go as
delegates to the national convention in
Detroit, Mich, next September.
The first session of the annual meet
ing opened yesterday afternoon at 2:30,
Minor business matters were disposed of
and two committees, finance and resolu-
tions, were appointed The resolutions
committee consists Of A. Bonazzi of Plain
fild, G. B. Weston Of Bakersfield, Laura
McAlister of Waitsfeld; finance com
mittee, j. H. Davis of East Fairfield,
G. c. Bartlett /of Newport Center, j.
Brahanan of Irasburg. Last evening
Mayor Glysson addressed the group for
several minutes, extending welcome in
behalf of the citizens and then gave an
interesting talk on the granite industry.
This afternoon many of the visitors,
accompanied by members of the Barre
Board of Trade, motored to the quarries,
where they viewed with interest the nu
merous quarries and the securing Of
granite. Later in the afternoon they
were escorted through few of the large
granite sheds.
A resolution of thanks was extended
to Mayor Glysson, the Barre Board Of
Trade, Postmaster George w. German
and Assistant Postmaster Frank f. Rob
inson, since they aided in making the
meeting such success. The co-opera
tion Of all the postmasters of Vermont
is desired to make this branch more pros
porous and have larger membership
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
GERMANS HAVE STOLEN
AMERICAN SUPPLIES
Plot Involving Wholesale Thefts at Cob
lenz Has Been Uncovered By Amer
lean Army Officers.

Coblenz, Thursday, July 10 tBy the
Associated Press)--A plot involving
wholesale thefts of food automobile tires
and other troop supplies for shipment to
Germany has been uncovered by army
officers here, it was learned to-day, when
several Germans who are alleged to have
had hand in the plans were arrested.
Three cars of American bacon and
three cars of tires and tubes, which were
billed through to unoccupied Germany as
empties, We're returned to Coblenz to-
day from the edge OF the bridgehead, the
military police alleging that the goods
had been stolen. Officers say that ship
ments under various pretexts have been
going on for weeks, and possibly months,
and they estimate the loss to the army
at several million marks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
WILSON PAYS VISITS
TO DEPARTMENTS
With Acting Secretary of State Polk, He
Discussed the Mexican Situation
To-day-He Also Conferred
With Sec. Daniels.

Washington, d. c., July ll.-President
Wilson made an unexpected call on Act
ing Secretary Polk to-day at the state
department. The president carried with
him a number of papers, and it was an
nounced that the MeXicans question was
among the first he wished to consider.
The president remained in earnest con
versation with Mr.. Polk for more than
an hour The under-secretary of state
is to 60 to Paris to succeed Secretary
Lansing on the American peace delega
tion, and it was said that the president
had acquainted him with the situation
there.
After leaving Mr.. Folks Office, the
president walked down the corridor to
the office of Secretary Daniels, where he
went into conference with the head of
the navy department. Many employees in
the state war-navy building, who were
out for lunch, applauded the president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
MANY PUNISHMENTS
BEING MITTGATED
Secretary Daniels Says There Were No
Executions as the Result of U. S.
Navy Court Martials.

Washington, D. c., July ll.-A elem
ency board consisting of Secretary Dan
iels, Rear Admiral George r. Clark,
Judge advocate general, and Commander
Frank B. Freyer, assistant Judge advo-
cate general, now is engaged in review
ing court martial sentences imposed dur
ing the war. Many punishments involv-
ing prison terms or fines are being miti-
gated or set aside by the reviewing
board The board found in many cases
that punishment, while well deserved in
time Of war, might be regarded as too
severe now that hostilities have ceased.
Secretary Daniels announced to-day
that not a man was executed as the re-
suit of naval courts martial during the
war. In several cases, he said, courts
martial recommended the death penalty,
but in each the reviewing board com
muted the sentence to Imprisonment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
MRS. MOONEY TRIES
TO SEE PRES. WILSON
And Is Told by Secretary Tumulty That
the President Has Done All He Can
for Her Husband Now Serving
a Life Sentence.

Washington, D. G., July ll.Mrs.
Rena Mooney, wife of Thomas J. Moon
ey, who is serving life sentence after
his conviction in connection with the
preparedness day bomb explosion in San
Francisco, Cal, called at the White
House to-day and conferred with Secrs-
tary Tumulty. 1t is understood she de-
sired to see President Wilson in the in
terest of her husband.
Secretary Tumulty explained to Mrs.
Mooney that the president had done ev
erything it was possible for him to do in
the case of her husband. He added, how
ever, that the president would be willing
to receive and read any petition she de-
sired to submit.
Upon leaving the White House, Mrs.
Mooney went to the department of labor
to see Secretary Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
BODY FOUND BY DIVER.
Funeral Of Miss Gertrude Donahue at
Middlebury Saturday.

Middlebury, July 1.-THE body of
Miss Gertrude M. Donshue, who was
drowned Tuesday evening when the
canoe in which she and Ralph Smith of
this village were padding tipped over
on Lake Dunmore, was recovered yes
terday afternoon by Charles Fabricco,
diver, from Burlington.
The body was brought to the funeral
parlors of Blackmer in this village, and
later removed to the home of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j. Donshue.
The funeral will be held Saturday morn
ing at o'clock at st. Mary's Catholic
church.
When the canoe overturned, Miss DON
ahue called to Smith that she was all
right, and both started swimming toward
the shore Suddenly she cried TO him,
and turning he saw she was in difficulty.
He went back to aid her, and grasped
her by the hair, but she slipped from his
hold.
Miss Donahue was graduated with hon
ors from the high school this June. She
was born at Northfeld, Jan. %, 1902,
and came here to live four years ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
LIQUOR WAS STOLEN.
Boys Broke Into "CooIer" of Burling-
ton Hotel

Burlington, July 1.-THE first attempt
to appropriate some of the forbidden liq-
uid refreshments that have fallen into
disuse, publicly at least, under the pro-
hibition act occurred in Burlington on
Tuesday, when two local young men APP
peared in the city court charged with
breaking into the liquor storeroom at the
New Sherwood hotel The two boys.
Norman Munson of 54h Church street
and Henry Morgan of l6 Washington
street, both under 20 years of age, plead
ed guilty to the charge, but when Judge
Ladd found that their parents did not
know of their case he continued the hear.
ing until Wednesday. The theft consist
ed of between ten and fifteen quart bot
ties of Old Scotch and Irish rye whiskey
belonging to Thomas Gaul. The boys sold
the booze from 81 to So quart Some
of it was sold to guests of the Sher-
wood.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
CLAIM EXCESSIVE SPEED
BY PROUTYS AUTO
Witness Declares Car Was Going 90
Miles an Hour When It Was Struck
By Grand Trunk Train,
Killing the Express

Newport, July ia sensational bit
of evidence was brought to light yester-
day afternoon in the 1857 900 Prouty
damage action against the Grand Trunk
railroad, when F. S. Wingrove, muni-
tion worker of Sherbrooke, P. O., posi-
lively declared that the Packard twin
six in which Ex-Governor Piouty was
speeding to his death, was travelling at
go miles an hour.
Wingrove testified that he himself in
a Chevrolet car, moving at 20 miles an
hour traversed the dangerous govern
ment crossing on the early morning OF
August 10, 1918. Leaving the crossing
about $50 feet to the reai,- Wingrove
said that the ex-governor's car hove into
view at a hair-raising rate Of speed. Ii
the witness had been an inexperienced
driver, the Packard would have inevita-
bly, collided with him. He was certain
that if the big machine was going one
mile an hour it was going go.
Because of its enormous burst of
speed could the Packard have stopped in
time to allow train to pass over the
crossing?" demapded Attorney Redmond,
Nb sH, was the uuHllIou WOIhti :
response.
At the morning session of the United
States court in the federal building, Will
liam B. Prouty, half brother of the dead
executive and present president of the
Jackman Lumber company, said that
George H. Prouty was man of excep-
tional administrative ability AT the
time OF his death he was director OF
the Boston and Maine railroad His
financial credit was unusually good. The
Prouty & Miller property was said in
testimony to be worth $S00,000 exclusive
of the other lumber concerns. w. r.
Prouty continued to testify that his late
half brothers interest in the 100000 es-
innate was one.third.
The remainder OF the morning was
taken up in technical cross -examina
tion of a civil engineer and two sigma
engineers employed by the Grand Trunk
Jerry Murgatroyd, graduate of Boulder
college in Colorado, testified that he
made the blue prints and collected the
data which has been used in the de.
fense The last important witness Of
the morning was the coroner, Z. C. Bach,
and of Sherbrooke, p. O., where the in
quest into the death Of the ex-governor
was made. He testified that Blay, the
chauffeur, was calm and sincere in hi,
speech at the inquest, though suffering
from concussion of the brain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
HOLLANDS CURT REPLY
CAUSED NO SURPRISE
1t Was Expected That Allies Communi-
cation Concerning the Former Crown
Prince Would Be Answered in
About Such Fashion.

Paris, July ll.-Feeling in conference
circles to-day was that the curt rejoin-
der of Holland to the allied note regard
ing the former German crown prince, re-
ceived yesterday, could not be taken as
Indicative of the Dutch attitude on the
final question of the surrender Of either
the former emperor or his oldest son,
1t is felt in conference circles generally
and in American quarters particularly,
it probably was just about what might
have been expected in the circumstances.
Representatives of the allied and asso-
ciated powers are of the opinion that the
allied communication implied the as
sumption of some dereliction on the part
of the Dutch government and that its
reply was merited.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
YEARS PROFITS s6o,ooo,ooo.
Earning Capacity of Ford Motor Co., Re.
yealed in Alleged Libel Trial.

Mount Clemens, Mich, July ll.--Edsel
B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor
company, resumed his testimony this
morning in the libel suit brought by his
father, Henry Ford, against the Chicago
Daily Tribune. The elder Ford was IN
court, ready to follow him on the stand.
The guarantee of $5 a day minimum
wage was put in effect on Jan. II, 1914,
witness testified and the net profits that
year were approximately S30,000,000.
Attorney Elliott @. Stevenson, pur-
suing his theory that the wage was
something that the employees amply
earned, and should not be called profit
sharing" addueed that in 1916, produc-
ton had more than doubled and net prof
its were approximately $60,000,000. This
doubling of profits, Mr. Stevenson point
ed out, resulted in no change in the in.
come of employees and hence he said "the
term profit sharing was a misnomer.
Attorney Alfred Lueking objected to
any further investigation into the "pri-
yate affairs of the corporation
On cross examination by Attorney AL
fred Lucking, the witness said there
was a surplus of labor in 1914 at the
wage scale prevailing, Notwithstanding
the S. minimum was put in effect.
1t was Henry Ford's policy to keep
profits at $25,00O,O00 year, Edsel Ford
said, and TO this end it was the Gus
tom to cut the price Of cars each year
In 1916, however, it was deemed advis-
able to build blast furnaces and expand
otherwise. The price was not cut that
year, and the big profits resulted and
are now being used as originally contem-
plated.
One year the cut was $50 on the tour.
ing car model, with other models re.
duced proportionately, the witness said
Attorney Lueking asserted that this was
voluntary REIMBURSEMENT of $64 OF
profits which might have been Ietigimate-
ly accepted,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
RATE MOTHER-IN-LAW
MURDERED GROOM
Half an Hour After Marriage Ceremony
Roy Willard, 20, of Bluefeld, w.
Va, Was Shot to Death
Mrs. W. ]. Taylor Was
Arrested.

Bluefeld. w. Va, July ll.-Roy Will
lard, 20, is dead to-day, murdered, the
police say, by his mother-in- law, Mrs.
w. j. Taylor, half an hour after his we'd
ding late yesterday. Mrs. Taylor is in
Jail and refuses to talk of the tragedy
The brides father, sister and a mum
Der of friends, who attended the cere-
mony, witnessed the tragedy, which oc-
Cured in the home of Rev j S. Simpson,
the officiating clergyman. According to
the police, the marriage certificate was
sent to the brides mother, who had OBJ
ected to the match, few minutes after
the ceremony Armed with revolver,
Mrs Taylor is said to have appeared on
the scene and opened fire, One of six
shots pierced Willard's heart.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
LIGHTNING CAUSED DAMAGE.
Zenas Busby's Buildings in Whitingham
Destroyed.

Brattleboro, July ll.-Zenas Busby's
house and barn in Nottingham, what is
known as the William Hicks place, were
dstroyed by fire yesterday, causing a
loss of $4,000 The fire was caused by
lightning which struck the barn. Mr.
Busby had just finished getting in his
hay.
The buildings were located some dis
tance out of the village and there was
no telephone and help did not arrive
until persons saw the flames from a dis
tance. The livestock was saved, also
most of the household furniture. There
was small insurance on the property.
Lightning also struck C. S. Goodnow's
house in Nottingham, knocking off the
chimney, but doing no other damage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
SOLDIER is MISSING.
Private Edward c. Wells of Burlington
Had 500 on His Person.

Burlington, July ll.-Private Edward
G. Wells Of this city, lately returned from
overseas service, who came back to his
home short time ago, has disappeared
and his relatives have no clew as to his
whereabouts. He arrived home July
and after a short visit with his parents,
went out on an errand and was never
seen again.
He was recently discharged from the
I'd infantry in France and re-enlisted IN
the coast artillery, having come home on
a 30-day furlough. He acted in rather
peculiar manner during his short stay
here.
Wells was q years old. He served
with the Vermont National Guard at the
border and was in France more than a
year During his stay abroad, he was
gassed and she'll shocked He had about
500 on his person when he disappeared.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
HOUSE IN ANOTHER
TOWN WAS BLOWN
QUARTER MILE
Fierce Electrical Storm Was
Accompanied by a High
Wind and Cloudburst -
The Lightning Killed Two
Campers Near Clinton and
a Farmer at Greensburg
Last Night.

Pittsburg, Pa, July l1.--Five persons
were dead to-day, dozen others miss
ing and more than two score injured as
the result of severe electrical storm,
accompanied by high wind and a cloud
burst, which swept this section of the
state late yesterday. The most serious
damage was done at Bradford, where a
tornado killed two persons, injured a
score of others and demolished IS houses.
Lightning killed two campers near Clin-
ton and farmer at Greensburg. Prop
erty damage will run into many thou
sands of dollars.
Wire service to-day was badly crippled
by the storm and communication with
other towns where victims of the storm
were reported was impossible this fore
noon. AT Bradford rescue parties were
searching the ruins of demolished houses
for additional bodies Nine persons had
not been accounted for this morning and
were believed to be buried under the
wreckage of their homes. A number of
injured were in hospitals
The list of known dead follows:
Mrs. Mary Biddle of Bradford. killed
by falling house; unidentified girl, aged
II years, hit by flying wreckage; Rev.
%. j. Hutchison Of Cork, Finley town
ship, killed by lightning; Dorothy Hutch.
ison, IL, the pastors daughter, killed by
lightning; John Savelle of Greensburg,
killed by lightning.
The reports from outlying districts
this morning showed the storms damage
to be heavy. Besides demolishing the
southern part of Bradford, farm build
ings and oil derricks for miles around
were wrecked At Guise Mills, 10 miles
east of Meadville, practically every win
dow in the town was shattered by hail.
At Bradford one house was carried a
quarter of mile by the tornado.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
BROKE SPINAL COLUMN.
William Dupree Killed by Fall Off Load
of Hay in Burlington.

Burlington, July ll.-Falling from
load Of hay as it was about to go into
the barn at the farm run by the Mary
Fletcher hospital Wednesday afternoon,
William Dupree, agted As, of 7 North
avenue, was instantly killed, death be-
ing due to fractured, spinal column at
the neck. The deceased leaves only
wife, Anna
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
RACE VAR DEVELOPED
At LONCVIEW,. TEX.
Four Whites Were Wounded To-day
When Party Was il Search of Ne
gro School Teacher, Said to
Have Made Derogatory
Statement About
Woman.

Longview, Tex, July ll.-Four white
men were wounded early to-day when
negroes fired upon a group of whites they
had waylaid in the negro section, where
the whites had gone in search of negro
school teacher, accused of causing the
publication in a negro newspaper of
statements derogatory to young white
woman of this county.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
BOSTON FISH TRUST
ORDERED DISSOLVED
Federal Court Rules That the Combine
Is Illegal Under the Sherman Act
New England Fish Exchange Or
dered to Change Its Rules.

Boston, July ll.--Dissolution of the
Boston Fish Pier company and of the
Bay State Fishing company was ordered
to-day by the federal court, which ruled
that they were combined illegally under
the Sherman anti-tru act. The court
stated in its opinion that dealers on the
Boston fish pier had exercised predom-
inant control of the fresh fish industry
of the North Atlantic states.
The New England Fish Exchange was
held to be operating contrary to law,
and was directed by the court to revise
its rules and methods of operation to
conform with the requirements of the
government.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
ORIGIN OF FIRE UNKNOWN.
Corn Products Co. Plant at Edgewater,
N. j., Partly Destroyed.

Edgewater, N. j., July ll.-One fire
man was injured, barge and dock $50
feet long were destroyed and the main
plant of the Corn Products company was
endangered by fire of undermined ori.
gin here to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
HOGS MAKE A NEW RECORD PRICE.
Sell at $22.ss Hundredweight, Being
Cents Advance Over Wednesday.

Chicago, July ll-Hogs sold at S22S5
here yesterday morning, new high
price. Wednesdays top figure was $3.50.
The market was strong.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
Grip on Money Market.

As to financial power, the report said
in part:
"The packer has drawn to marked
degree upon the banks of the country for
liquid funds To assure himself loans
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-19
] leu per - = -. = - =. =. =
acre ....... 1895 l09.7 1865 I(O.5 IIo.l

North Carolina and Virginia-Weather IA
vorable in &c, partly so in s, unfavorable
in 21 counties. Cultivation good in IL, fair
ly good in 81, poor in counties. Fruiting
lighter in 81 counties. The season about 8
days late. Crop compared with last year,
better in IS, the same in II, poorer in &c
counties. Complaints: Too much rain in
10, grassy crops in 4, shedding in coun-
ties.
partly so in o. unfavorable in 16 counties.
Cultivation good in G, fairly good in %,
poor in II counties. Fruiting heavier than
normal in l. normally in 81, lighter in 20
counties. The season about days late Crop
compared with last year: Better in Z, the
same in s. poorer in 81 counties. Complaints:
Too much rain in %. excessive heat in o.,
labor scarcity in g. grassy in 5, shedding in
8, rust in 3, red spiders in l. boil weevils
in counties
Georgia-We ca Their favorable in 20, partly
so in 16, unfavorable in 60 counties. Cultiva-
ton good in 10. fairly good in "a poor in 81
counties. Fruiting heavier than normal in
The season about 10 days late. Crop COM
pared with last year: Better in 26, the same
in -, poorer in 50 counties. Complaints:
Too much rain in 50, too dry in 4, excessive
heat in I, grassy crops in 10, sappy plant in
), shedding in 8, rust in 8, red spiders in 3,
boil weevils in 30 counties.
Florida--Weather favorable in ), partly so
in l, unfavorable in counties. Cultivation
good in 1, fairly good in 3, poor in coun-
ties. Fruiting heavier than normal in l, nor
NAL in g. lighter in counties. The season
about days late. Crop compared with last
| year better in /, same in 2 poorer in coun-
| ties Complaints: To much rain in ., boil
| weveil in counties.
Alahama-Wea favorable in H. part
| ly in Z unfavorable in % counties. Guilt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-19
Watkins Bureau Reports Cotton Crop
Condition Declined a. in Two Weeks

Fl. r. Bachman & Co. say: Our Watkins
bureau shows a deterioration in the cotton
crop for the past two weeks of "a per
cent. The normal deterioration would be 43
per cent for this period and TT per cent
for the month. This report indicates yield
per acre of 164.5 pounds and a crop Of
II, 55s, 00O bales without linters, compares
with the government indication on July 20
for crop of IL ,O16,000 bales.
Notwithstanding this apparent improve
ment in crop prospects, we do not believe
that there is any chance of adding mate
rally to the government forecast of two
weeks ago. But until foreign exchange is
stagilized and Europe shows more positive
ability to take cotton a large scale and
pay for it, or until adequate credits are
arranged we not see where the neceS-
sary buying power will come from in order
to bring about real bull market
Another factor which is bound to initiate
against ar early resumption of bullish ac-
tivity is the pronounced determination or
the federal government to use every power
which it can bring to bear in order to
bring about a reduction in the cost of living
These factors should have the effect or
bringing about decline even though 1t may
prove Of temporary nature.
This investigation relates to weather con-
ditions in the cotton states, to the cuItlVa-
ton of the crop, the fruiting Of the plant,
the date of the season, the percentage con-
dition of the crop, and is a summary OF
the reports received from county CORE
spondents las of date August {, 1919
Condition of the Cotton Crop, August 7th,
1919, With Comparisons
Percentage Condition Aug. 9TH