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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-07
Ouch LOVELY BONNETS
- TyDP M n AnTI-E A..

Ouch LOVELY BONNETS
- FOR OLD LADIES. the
kind o. bouncfs that fit sauolY
o~cr snowy white hair and tie
under the chin. aro always 70 be
found in tic Millinery Depart
rneUt. Third floor. Eleventh
street. and really they seem the
hest loved hats shown there.
Just now there are particularly
attractive bOnnetS, mado of vel
vet, each with a small ostrich
tip at tho side, and long ties Of
MORO ribbon. One bonnet has
further trimminc in a jettei
hand that is drawn softlv across
tho side. And the spring bon
nets for grandmother promise to
he unite as attractive as are the
frivolous hats for grand-daugh-
ters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-07
Girls kEEPING BACHELOR

HALL wiIl ike fhese new
Breakfast Sets of thin china.
with an inch hand of ivory. blua
or green and lust line Of goII
for beauty. In the l. pieces o.
thc sot are all the diShN- reedc1
FOR the AVERAGE eight" house
keener. hrd the price is S7.9j.
on the Fifth floor. T street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-07

: . ; -S-s-S-S-e-S
LIBERTY LUNCH. a place for ladies
and gentlemen, where the best the
market affords The very best help is I
employed. Whatever the season offers !
{ we have. Our SERVICE u one Of our
best assets, since il is Of the highest |
order. Let Us prove this. 94I Pa. ave
" ".
S-s-.-.-.s-.-.
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BECAUSE THEY ARE EAS-
- lily KEPT CLEAN these

same housekeeping girls vii:
want a tray of white enamel
These trays NAV b hal IN az
sizes in both rou-d an snuara
shapes on the Fifth floor. F
street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-07
SECRET SERVICE TO
LOOK UP WILLIAMS

chairman Overman, of the Senate
Propaganda Investigating Committee.
conferred with Department of Justice
officials today upon the evidence that
is TO be presented to the COMMITTEES
reXt week when il opens it's inyesti-
CATION Of Bolsheviki and l. w. w.
propaganda in the United States
He let il be known following the
conference that an investigation of
William Rhys Williams, former min
lister of propaganda under Lenine and
Trotsky. who is now on a lecture
tour in this country, will be under
taken by Secret Service operatives of
the Government before he is per-
mitted TO testify before the commit.
tee. \ speech by Williams at a big
public meeting last Sunday caused the
Senate TO start the inquiry.
Williams refusal to testify in
executive session and his statement
in a letter TO Senator Overman that
any investigation (which may even
nbliuuely throw light upon conditions
in Russia will be very welcome to
him. has given committee members
ground for suspecting that he wishes
to use the Senate investigation as a
propaganda medium.
Documents in Record.
Various documents. including the
.Bolsheviki constitution and many gov
eminent DEGREES of the Soviet govern
ment were inserted in the committee
record today, so that members of the
committee may famillarize themselves
with the question with which they
are TO deal before the investigation
opens.
Williams denied today that the
Soviet government is conducting any
propaganda of any kind in the United
States. He asserted that he had uu-
dertaken his lecture tour solely upon
his own initiative and at his own eX-
pense. He knows of no payments by
the Bolsheviki to agitators in this
country and of no connection be-
tween the I. W. w. and the Soviets,
he said.
"The BoIsheviki are following a
policy Of hands off so far as the
United States is concerned" Williams
declared. "They are conducting
vigorous propaganda in enemy coun-
tries-in Germany and Austria-and
also in England and France. How
ever. the United States they regard as
friendly country They wish only
to clear away the present misunder-
standings that exist in the minds OF
the American people,
First witnesses.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
urges RETAINING
BOTH. AGR. SCHOOLS

Montpelier March 21-The report OF
1.-THE special committee from the legis'
|lature appointed to visit the Vail Ag-
|ricultural School at Lyndon and the
Vermont school OF Agriculture al
Randolph. recommends that both be
retained az State schools on the basis
of their present appropriations and that
la fixed ana staple policy on the part
| of the State be adopted in regard to
these schools.
Sc This committee also recommended
that the direct management of the
Vail School and farms be vested IN
tho State board of education and that
| the board of control be given authori'
|ty to start an investigation with the
|view of ascertaining the nature OF the
fund now in possession of the lessons
as stated in the lease given by the
trustees of the Orange County Gram
mar School and trustees of the State
Normal School at Randolph to the Stat
LOT Vermont.
The committee reports excellent condi-
lions in both the Vail school and the
State school At Randolph and thinks that
| the attendance should be larger at both
these institutions. 1t Is suggested that
the reasons why the attendance has not
been larger during the last year or two
is on account Of war conditions. unrest
and uncertainty about the future of the
institutions themselves. lack Of knowl-
edge about them and erroneous impress
sions.
To remedy this situation and increase
the attendance during the coming year
the committee urges a fixed and staple
policy on the part Of the State. as above
noted and PRONUNCIATION Of literature
stating the truth about these institu-
lions.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
|RELGIJM DAMAGE CLAIM
IS SIX BILLION DOLLARS

| New York. March 25.-Belgium's dam
age claims against Germany aggregate
not less than $4,000, 100000, 1t Is shown In
a statement issued yesterday by Albert
Breton, vice-president of the Guaranty
TRUST company Of this city. which has
lust finished an examination Of the
financial situation of that country. In
spite of wars ravages, Belgium, because
|of her resources and vitality, ought to
|rehabiiitate herself rapidly If supplied
WIN the necessary means. in Mr.. Breton's
opinion.
"What Belgium most urgently needs
now" he says. ARE commercial and in
dustrial credits with which manufacturers
could restore their devastated plants, buy
new machinery and purchase raw ma
tsrials. When these credits are obtained
the working population of the country
will be able to return to their occupations
and resume their former activities. They
cannot wait until the Germans are &C
tually made to indemnity them In full"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
EASTMAN PERJURY TRIAL
ENTERS THIRD WEEK
Josephine Flynn. Former StenOErnpheI
for Ernest H. O'Brien. q witness

Josephine Flynn. Former stenoEraphel
for Ernest H. O'Brien. q witness
Rutland. March 4.-The Eastman per-
Jury trial entered its third week in Rut-
prosecution called to the witness stand
John Lawless. a bell hop" at stanwiH
Hotel at Albany. N. Y, who testified
to George P. Eastman. the respondent,
and Attorney Ernest H. OBrien of this
city being at the hotel on May 6. 1917.
which was the day before OBrien ie
alleged to have found in an old file at
his office a disputed document which
formed the basis for the present trial.
Mr.. Lawiess told of seeing the men at
the hosiery and hotel register was
used in connection with his evidence.
Miss Josephine Flynn of Washington.
formerly stenographer for Mr.. OBrisn,
and Albert s. Osborne Of New York, a
handwriting expert. were In the court
room this afternoon, having been sub
poenaed ~ State witnesses. The purpose
Of Miss F1ynn's evidence is to show that
O'Brien had telephone call from East
man in New York the Saturday before
the alleged Sunday meeting at the Albany
hotel. Mr. Osborne testified before
Chancellor Frank L. Fish of Vergennes
when the document which figures 80
prominently in this case was offered by
Eastman ~ new evidence in civil case
between him and the Vermont Marble
company. Osborne branded the paper as
a forgery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
16-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLBOY
INHERITS $4,000, 1000
Foster Son of Late w, H. Yawkev-
Chester, VI. Woman Gets $4,000
Under VIII

New York. March A-William H.
Yawkey of II East 87th street, owner
of valuable oil and timber lands in the
West. who inherited fortune from his
father and died of influenza at Augusta.
Ca, on March while on an automobile
trip, left an estate of more than $40. 900 900.
half of which goes to his nephew, Thomas
Austin. boy Of IS. who was taken in
Mr. Yawkeys family in 1910, after the
death Of both parents. and was adopted
on September 20 last, after the will In
his favor had been executed. The boy
then took the name Of Thomas Austin
Yawkey.
The youth, whose uncle's will makes
him one Of the wealthiest boys in the
country, is now a student at the Irving
school, Tarrytown. His sister, Emma
Y. Austin, rs years of age. who lives at
1876 Central Park West, receives only a
trust fund of $4,000, the income of
which goes to Mr.. Yawkey's widow, Mrs
Margaret A. Yawkey, until Miss Austin
Is 30. when she gets the principal In
addition to half the residuary estate, the
boy gets two trust funds Of $4,000, the
income Of one of which is to be paid
to him as it accruss, and third of the
principal to be paid at % years and
the remainder at 80 years of age. The
income Of the other is to accumulate
and the boy gets all at 30.
The will gives $4,000 each to Sadie N.
Ray, an aunt. Of Chester, VT, and Mary
Yawkey White. a cousin. of Hazlehurst
Wis.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
NEARING END OF
CASUALTY LISTS
/ In a Few Days Names Will Be
Only Of Those Injured Since
Armistice Was Signed

Washington. March 25.-The last Of
the real American casualty lists in
the world war now are being pub
lished In the daily newspapers and
within the next few days the list will
contain practically only the name of
those who have died or have been
injured since the armistice. The names
of the few given as killed in action
are those of men for whom extended
Investigation had been necessary to
establish proof Of death. They are
mostly the names Of those who were
injured beyond recognition when they
gave their lives for their country.
Daily casualty lists will continue to
be issued, however, Indefinitely be-
cause as long as the expeditionary
forces remain in Europe or there ia
an army Of occupation in Germany
there will be deaths from disease. The
next Of kin, will continue to receive
the same official notifications from
the war department. but the daily
publication of nGmeP may from now on
run, further behind the official tele-
grams.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
LEGISLATORS ESCORT BODY
Funeral Of Representative James A
Dexter Held mt WardsborO On
Wednesday

Montpelier March A.-The body of
Representative James A. Dexter, who
died at the Elmwood boarding house here
Sunday, after few days illness of pneu-
monia was taken Monday afternoon to
Wardsboro. where the funeral will take
place Wednesday. Ray Lyman, a brother
in-law, and his family were unable to
accompany the body so that Mr.. stratton,
another representative, went with it, as
we'll as Mrs. M. L. Johnson, sister of
the deceased. and other relatives. The
members Of the Legislature. who were in
the city over the week gathered at
the Barber undertaking rooms at noon
Monday, escorting the body to the Central
Vermont station, where It was placed on
the train to be taken to Wardsboro. The
condition Of Mr.. Lyman, the brother-in-
law. was reported more favorable Mon
day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
TELLS OF LOST BATTALION
sorgt. Emery J. Denault, st. Albana
Boy, Severely Wounded, Lay 70
Hours Before Picked Up

st. Adams, March A-Sergt. Emery j.
Denault, the only st. Adams boy to be
a member Of the famous Lost Battalion"
Is spending q few days furlough at the
home Of Louis Turcott.
Sergeant Denault sailed from France
July 4 with the 3oSth Regiment Of the
77th Division. After q few months
training behind the lines his regiment
was hurried to the Argonne forest where
the Americans were experiencing the
most terrible fighting Of the war.
1t was the second Of October that the
Lost Battalion" in It's anxiety to get
the Hun, overran its barrage and found
itself caught between the Ameri-
can and German barrages. The Germans
were quick to realize the Americans
predicament and surrounded them and
made every effort possible to wipe them
out. 1t was the first day that two Ger
man privates were sent to the Ameri-
cans demanding the surrender which
resulted In Colonel Whittlesy's famous
answer. go to He'll. we are Ameri-
cans" Many of the members of the
battalion were killed In attempting to
secure ammunition and water.
Denault was severely wounded in the
head and hips during the fifth day of
isolation. He lay on the field 20 hours
before he was picked up. When he was
found, he was delirious and thought the
Germans were after him. He pulled
his revolver determined to fight to the
very last He was in a hospital for six
months and owes his splendid recovery
to the excellent care given him by the
Red Cross doctors and nurses. He is
now stationed at the Park Hill hospital
In Boston. He expects to receive his
discharge in about a month. He will
return to his position with the st. Adams
Messenger company. which he held for
six years previous to his enlistment.
Denault was brought back on the
America" the big German liner which
has been repaired after sinking at a
pier at Hoboken, N. j.. last October.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27

she did it because he repeatedly refused
to pay her 81 for a load of wood and finally
told her when she called at the stable Sat-
urday that he would pay her when he got
ready"
II didn't care so much about the money,
Mrs. Bullock declared tonight, as I did
that he should tell a hard luck story in
order to get what little dry wood / had and
oblige me to burn green wood"
When Pixley said he would pay when he
got ready, Mrs. Bullock told him he would
pay at once Gor take licking and there
upon she says she took her whip from
her carriage. followed Pixley into a stall
and carried out her threat. Pixley says
Mrs. Bullock told him that IL he didn't
settle before next Saturday she would
come with a rawhide. Pixley Is small in
stature while Mrs. Bullock is of rugged
build.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
ONE OUT OF 9 MARRIAGES
ENDS IN DIVORCE
Figures Compiled by U. $. Bureau Of
the Census

Washington, March 20-Approximately
one out of every nine marriages In the
United States is terminated by divorce,
according to figures compiled by the bu-
reau Of the census and made public to-
day.
Excluding South Carolina, where all
laws permitting divorce were repealed in
1873, the three lowest divorce rates in 1916,
for which year returns are now complete,
are shown for the District Of Columbia,
North Carolina and New York, where the
rates were 10, 81 and 80 per 100000 respect
lively. The highest rates were returned
for Nevada, Montana and Oregon, which
showed 60,32 and 225 respectively. In all
States except Maine, West Virginia, South
Carolina. Alabama, Mississippi. North Da-
kota, South Dakota and Colorado the d.
vorce rates were higher in 1915 than in
1905. In 81 per cent of the cases In 1915
the divorce was granted to the husband,
while the husbands rate in 1905 was 81 per
cent.
Dossrtion is shown by the figures to
have been the cause for about 80 per cent.
Of the divorces. Among other leading
causes were cruelty. infidelity and failure
to provide.
Records also showed that the marriage
rate In 1915 was L06O per 100000 or nine
times az great as the divorce rate Of liz
per 100000.
The marriage rate In 1906 was 1,020 per
| 100000 showing marriage rate to be in
creasing considerably more slowly than
the divorce rate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
BURLINGTONIAN FILES
BANKRUPTCY PETITION

Rutland, March 23.-Fred !. Rober of
Burlington, a monumental salesman. has
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
office in this city of the clerk of tho
United States court. His liabilities are
s290574. of which 81. 1874 are unsecured.
His assets amount to SS.207 of which 500
Ia claimed to be exempt. The largest
cerditors are as follows; Everson & Co.,
Rutland, $l11.7s; Carroll Bros. Barre, sl77:
William J. Jones Granite company. Will
Jamestown. s423.70: Oliver & Co, Barre.
f47; ]. o. Beladeau. Barre, s16l.
Burlington creditors are: Burlington
News, sl2; ST. Joseph's Cemetery associa-
ton, -; Board of cemetery commissioners.
$3.50; Sheldon Press. ss.65; Merchants
Press. 1875; New England Telephone and
Telegraph company, SECS Louis Gasnon.
n
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
NO DOUBT EX-CzAR
WAS MURDERED
Execution of Entire ROmanOff
Family Confirmed by Story
of French Officer

San Francisco, March DENOMINATION
of the execution Of the former Emperor
of Russia and his wife and daughters
under particularly revolving conditions
by Bolsheviki troops, was given here
to-day by Gen. Robert c. Paris, one of
the first French officers to be assigned
to the Czecho- Slovak army in Russia.
General Paris is on hiA way home to
make an official report of the occur
renee to the French government. He
arrived here yesterday from vladivos-
tok
Nicholas and his family were shot In
the basement of their house at Ekater-
inburg, Siberia. The women of the
once royal family were subjected to in
dignities and mistreatment in the pres
ence Of the former Csar before the ex-
ecutions took place, General Paris said
The house is now the headquarters OF
General Gaida, q Czecho -slovak com
mander. Describing the scene attending
the execution Of the Romanoff family
General Paris said
Early one morning the Cxar was
taken from an upstairs room and stood
against the wall in the basement OF
the house. There he was shot, after
which the CzarIna was shot and thor
her daughters and other members Of the
household.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
JUDGE HOME TESTIFIES
Witness for Plaintiff In Suit Against
W. Savings Bank

Montpelier, March 23.-Judge II. b.
Howe of the United States district court
was on the stand Saturday morning in
the case of Hiram Sparrow. administra-
tor of the estate of Harriet Bailey. VS..
the Vermont Savings bank. being tried
in Washington county court. Judge
Howe, who was attorney for Mr.. Spar
row In other cases covering period Of
- years, testified as to the delays which
the defendants attorneys imposed upon
the plaintiff in previous cases as shown
by the records Of the court.
Charles Smith, Mrs. Clara Lowe. Miss
Ella Bailey and C. Def. Bancroft. ST..
were on the stand in an effort to show
that Harry Lowe has not been In Mont
pelier for many years. The defense
contends that Mrs. Lowe knows whers
Harry Lowe Is, The defense claims that
they have paid two judgments and that
they should not be directed to pay ne
damages for delay in the other cases
and the worry they have caused the heir
Of the deceased.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
BOY SCOUTS IN
| ANNUAL MEETING
Their Achievements Are Dis.
cussed and Future Plans
Laid in New York

New York, March "a Achievements
Of the Boy Scouts of America in Ameri-
canisation, characterization and edu-
cation Of the youth of the United States
and the part they are scheduled to
play in the nations postwar recon-
struction work were discussed at the
annual meeting here to-day of the or
gauization's national council. Nearly
| $40 delegates representing 455,000 Boy
Scouts attended the conference.
In reporting the growth Of the move
ment in the United States announce
ment was made that new permanent
camp sites were purchased last year in
Birmingham, Ala, Los Angeles Calf.
Indianapolis, Evansville and Terre
Haute, Ind; Montclair. N j.; Omaha,
Neb: Akron, Ohio; Scranton and Read
ing Penna; and Milwaukee.
Reports showed that, for meritori-
Gus work merit badges were awarded
30. leo scouts in 1918. as against 26,72S
in 1917. and that SC honor medal APP
plications had been acted upon inclu-
ding the awarding of four gold med
ais to parents Of scouts who had for
feited their lives in efforts to save
others.
Paying tribute to the wide range
| Of scout effort and achievement in
war work in this country, Ralph Wal
do Emerson. representing the treas
ury department declared that he had
neve seen More perfectly oiled or
more faultlessly operating machine"
and that Boy Scouts had obtained
| l,S56.906 Liberty Loan subscriptions
totalling S276.s95,oo0.
| Speaking after adoption Of resolu-
ton eulogizing his father who WAS
! chief scout citizen Of the organization,
Lieut.. Theodore Roosevelt declared that
the Boy Scouts nf America "can help in
| developing Americanism as the great ma
! donal army of this country has done.'
President Wilson was elected honorary
president Of the organization at to-
| nights session. Former President Taft
| and Daniel Carter Beard of Flushing
| N. Y. an originator Of the Boy Scout
Idea. were made honorary vice presi-
dents.
Among those elected members of the
orsanization'e national council were
Secretary Of War Baker. Secretary Of
the Navy Daniels, Secretary Of the
Treasury Glass. General Pershing, Major
Gen. John F. Organ. Lieut. Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Charles Evans
Hughes.
| The following officers we're elected:
President, Colin H. Livingstone, WASH
ington: Vice presidents. Mortimer l..
Sohiff. New York city; Milton A. McRae,
Detroit: B. L. Dulaney. Bristol. N. j.;
Arthur Let's. Los Angeles: national
scout commissioner. Daniel Carter
Beard. Flushing, N. Y; treasurer.
George D. Pratt, New York.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-27
GEORGE H. MOORE OF
ST. JOHNSBURY DEAD
Old Business Man-CivM War Vetera,
-Seventy-nine Years Old

Old business Man-CivM Wnr Veteran
-seventy-nine Years Old
st. Johnsbury, March 21.-George Fl.
Moore. one of ST. Johnsbury's veteran
merchants, died this morning, aged 70
years. He was native OF Bradford ard
served throughout the entire war in the
18th Vermont regiment He was in some
Of the severest engagements but lost an
arm at premature explosion in firing a
cannon in a national salute at the close
Of the war. He had been in continuous
business here since 1866. first as a clothing
dealer and later was in the insurance
and coal business. He had been on the
school board, was at one time village
trustee and was one of the founders Of
the Christian Science Church. Four years
ago he observed his golden wedding and
two years later MS wife died. He leaves
two sons and a daughter. one son. Ellis
w. Moore, being associated with him in
business.