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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-28

THE UNION nATN OF pIruNoSD
SA.-rhe dree:ors OF this bank have do.
Glazed the regular I per cent uuart.rIv
dividend on the stock VI tn!s bank nav
able on January !. 1927. TO stockholders
OF record as OF December 18th ChrcAs
VIII ht mailed.
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DIVIDEND.

~, Richmond, Va. December 81. 1890.
Ihe lboaro OF Directors OF the Savtnps
Bank OF Richmond have declared divih.iSII
No. 6: OF three CD per cent ana an
e st dao one ~ per cent. amounting 10
Ss,0OV. Tree OF tax. out OF the c:lrnin.s ,nr
the past thee mouths, payable ja1,uarv
l. lssl. Difiuend checks viii be mailed
JAMS
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THANK you for tho splendid rcsuIts
from your Want Ads" You vii say
ne sane. yelephone ads accepted. Cali
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OLD DoMIYIoN, Tnusr COMPANY.

OLD DUMINIDN' Trust COMPANY.
Richmond. Va. Dec. 80. 1920.
At meeting OF the directors of tho
Old Dominion Trust Company. held this
day. the regular quarterly dividend of
peg cent on the capital stock OF the com
pany vas declared. payable on and after
january J, 1921. to Stockholders OF record
rs OF December %. 1920. Checks Will be-
mailed.
W. II. SLAUGHTER.
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dUCTIONS-LEC4LS
Legal Notices

OFFICE GUARANTEE BUILDlNCi COZ
PORATtON.
Richmond, Va. Dec. -. 1920.
the annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF This corporation VIII b.. held AT its Of
flee. No. 20 North Ninth Street. Rich
m"nd. Va: Tuesday. January IL, 1891. at
I O'Clock l.. NJ
GEORGE c. JEFFERSON
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Situations Wanted-,,nIe

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in up-to-datc methods. now employed.
highest references. ID 923, care Timed
Dispatch
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years experience IN specially lines. Pre-
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ing account. Can furnish reference.
Wri,e Byman tombstone s37 Washing
ton street. PETERSBURG Va.
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70 .. use these Want Ads l. z 30 azure 4
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vIRGINIA TRUST COMPANY.
Richmond. Va. December -. 1920
The directors of this company have this
day declared a dividend OF . per cert
t2Cc). payable on and after January
1921. to stockh oldcrs OF record Oh De-
ccmhc. q. 1870.
l.. ID. AYLETT
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To the creditors of X. y. WEBSTER,
OF Richmond, in the County OF
Henrico. and district Aforesaid
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
BRATTIEBoRo. VERMONT. FRIDAY EVENING. MAY Z, 1920
TO RESUME MOTOR
TRANSPORTATION
George E. Hawkins to Put On Two
Trucks for Springfield Monday
Third Probable Later.

Regular motor transportation between
Brattleboro and Springfield, Mass,
which has been interrupted since Jan.
16 on account of bad travelling, will be
resumed Monday, it is stated by George
+. Hawkins, who conducts the business.
Two trucks will be operated, one
starting daily from Brattleboro and the
other from Springfield. The same plan
for collections and deliveries of ship
ments will be carried out as that of last
year. 1t will be impossible, however
for the trucks to cover the route to
Hinsdale, on account of the loss of the
steel bridge across the river opposite
this place, but they will 90 by way of
Vernon and Mortified Mr. Hawkins
will operate one truck and Carlton Met.
calf will drive one, and each operator
will have a helper.
Mr.. Hawkins says the outlook is es-
peeially good for motor transportation
inasmuch as freight and express ship.
ments are decidedly unsatisfactory and
it is practically impossible to get ship.
ments through in one day. He already
has four loads a week guaranteed-twc
loads each way-and he expects that
it will be necessary in about two weeks
to put on another machine for at least
part of the time through the summer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
WORKERS QUIT ON
INCREASED PAY
About 1000 Employees Walk
Out of National India
Rubber Co.'S Plant
MAKE NO DEMANDS
TO EMPLOYERS
Simply Dissatisfied With Increase AL
lowed-Expected More-Shop Closed
Indefinitely at Noon After Confer
ence With Employees.

BRISTOL, r. l., May Dissatisfac-
ton over a schedule Of increased wages
which went into effect at the plant of the
National India Rubber Co. today caused
a strike that proved to include most Of
the 1900 employees. The management ea-
timated that about 500 hands remained
at work. Operatives in the shoe anu
stitching room started the wakout and
workers in other departments followed
until the plant had only skeleton stall
The employees formulated no demands
but expressed dissatisfaction with the in
.ereases, claiming they amounted only to
four per cent, while they expected more.
After a conference between the factory 1
management and some of the workers the
entire plant was closed at noon with the
announcement that the closing was for an
indefinite period.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

labor item amounts to from one four.
teenth to one twentieth of the price
Shoes, according to the study, ''fur
nish splendid opportunity for the
profteer. The profit item in 1917, it was
charged, amounted to approximately
three ffths of the total price and more
than five times the total labor cost.
Increases in the retail price of bitumi
nous coal were shown at four times the
increase in labor costs.
Profteering did not stop with the
armistice, the report declared, present
ing figures to show that corporation
profits in 1919 were 10 per cent over
the pre-war average. An average OF
81, 200 per family of five during the
wears 1916-191S was declared to be prob
ably a highly conservative estimate OF
the actual cost of corporation profit
eering to the consumer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
TABLE AT
FREE LIBRARY
New Department About to Be Started
Which 1t Is Believed Will Create
Keen Interest.

The Brattleboro Free library is about
TO start a new department which it is
hoped will prove of interest and enjoy
ment as well as benefit to the public.
This is the instituting of Nature ta-
bic, where the wildfowers of the sea
son will be displayed as they bloom.
In other towns in the state this idea
has been carried out, with the enthu-
siastic cooperation of the townspeople.
In these places, school children and
grown-ups have WED with each other
in the attempt to be first in bringing
in rare specimens. Rural mail carriers
have stopped at the library on their
return trips to leave some unusual
flower which had attracted their at
tention, and Monday always brings a
harvest from walks and rides taken
by all sorts and conditions of people on
Sunday afternoons.
The Brattleboro librarions have long
wished to add this department, but
have hesitated to do so because of the
extra work it would bring to the small
force of helpers, already extremely
busy with the constantly increasing
patronage of the library
1t has been decided this year, how
ever, to give it trial, and it is be-
lieved that keen interest and much
enjoyment will result The keeping of
wild flower lists in the schoolrooms and
enrolment in the wildfower clubs have
given many school children speaking
| acquaintance with many of the bios
SONS which grow in Nature S garden.
During the first year of the wildfiow-
er club work, child in one of the Brat
| tleboro grades found flower which
up to that time had not been included
in the flora of Vermont. Sent to Prof
Ezra Brainerd of Middlebury for ex
animation its identity as a native OF
| the state was established.
1t is wellknown fact that the Con
necticut River valley seems to offer 9
very congenial environment for great
variety of plant life. With so fine 3
region to draw from, it will be strapg,
if the library Nature table should lacl
specimens and plenty of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
ONE BURGLARY AND
OTHER ATTEMPTS
ScoVen's Restaurant Entered and
About SIS Taken-Attempts at
Shoe Shop and Barber Shop.

Burglars enteded d. H. ScovelPs restaur-
ant on Flat street last night and secured
about Sl5 in money and some cigarettes.
Mr.. Scovel closed the restaurant about
O'Clock last evening and when he opened
1t this morning he found the place had
been entered, a jimmie being used on the
doors leading from the back hallway in
the building to the corridor in the res
taurant There are double swing doors
between the corridor and the restaurant,
but these are not locked. Mr.. Scovell S
restaurant was entered about a year ago,
but only small amount of change was
taken at that time.
An effort was made last night also to
break into the Overseas shoe-shop owned
by Ernest NJ DeAngelis, and W E. Stur-
CESS barber shop Somebody tried to
pry open the doors, on opposite sides OF
the hallway, but the locks held and the
shops were not entered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
CLUB ISSUE NEXT WEEK.
Bellows Falls Woman's Club Editors Will
Issue Special Section of Times

The section of the Bellows Falls Times
known as the Woman's club number will
be issued next week. This section will
contain II pages and all the matter, read
ing and advertisements will be furnished
by the clubs board of editors, other club
women and its committee on advertising.
1t will give complete history of the
clubs activities during its 20 years of ex-
istence and will carry cuts of all the
clubs presidents.
The Times donates the paper and all
labor and expense of issuing the club sec
ton except the cost of the half tone
cuts. All the proceeds go to the clubs
treasury for the benefit of the district
nurse work in the town of Rockingham.
The club hopes to realize between 5000
and 800.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
WILL FINISH STATE
ROAD IN MARLBORO
Pascal Ricci to Ship Steam Road Roller
Here from Rutland at Once
Will Take Six Weeks.

Work will be resumed at once on the
state road job between Marlboro and
Wilmington by the Ricei Construction
Co. of Rutland, owned by Pascal Ricei
This job was begun last fall and was
the first road work of large scope under
taken by Mr.. Ricci. On account of la
Dor shortage and weather conditions he
was forced to suspend operations. About
six weeks will be required to complete
the work. The contract calls for about
two miles of state highway, about eight
miles from Brattleboro.
The company has just received two
large steam road rollers in Glens Falls
n. Y, and one of them viii be shipped
here from Rutland to use on the Marl
boro project
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07

TWO INJURED ON
GU|LFORD ROAD d
Horses Attached to Load of
Hay Frightened by
Ford Auto
E. M. WHITNEY AND
THOS. FROST HURT
Latter Makes Flying Leap Through
Air from One Load to Another a la
Doug Fairbanks - Driver of Car
Escapes-Men Brought Home.

Ernest NJ. Whitney of Elliot street
and Thomas Frost of Birge street were
badly hurt last evening while driving
to this village from Guilford with two
loads of hay, their horses being fright
ened as a result of reckless driving of
an automobile
The driver of the car did not wait to
learn the extent of the damage he
caused but cowardly kept on his reck-
less way and his identity was not
learned.
When the men were just this side of
Guilford hill Ford car appeared
around sharp curve, going at high
speed, frightened the horses which were
drawing the rear load, and they started
to run.
Mr.. Frost, who had charge of the
rear team, was riding on the front load,
his team following He saw the imme-
| date danger of smashup and made
flying leap in attempting to jump back
to his load, but he missed his footing
and fell to the ground The wheels
| on the first load ran over one leg and
injured it somewhat but it is thought
| that no bones were broken. When the
| rear pair of horses started to run they
! started Mr.. Whitney's team, and he
was thrown from the wagon to the
| ground and was badly injured about
the head, chest and shoulders and was
bruised about his body. Mr.. Frost 3
horses ran into telephone pole, which
stopped them, but the wagon tongue was
broken. Mr. Whitney's team ran only
q short distaonce and no damage was
done to the horses or wagon.
Both men were so badly injured that
they were unable to help themselves.
| Charles Clark of Gui1ford Center
brought Mr.. Whitney to his home,
where he was attended by Dr. Grace W.
Burnett. A passing automobile brought
Mr.. Frost to his home, where he is
| under the care of a physician.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
POWER CO. WILLING
|. TO SHARE EXPENSE
Notifies Selectmen in Let
ter Relative to Loss
of Bridge
DOES NOT ADMIT
ANY LIABILITY
Would Enter Negotiations, but Not on
Basis of Sole Liability for Entire
Loss - Says Company Offered to
Raise Level of Old Bridge.

That the Connecticut Rive, Power
Co. is willing to bear part of the
loss occasioncd by the destruction of
the steel bridge at Brattleboro on the
night of March 2S is stated in letter
to the selectmen of Brattleboro by the
Brattleboro law firm of Harvey, Maur-
ice, Whitney & Fits, written by At
torney J. \. Harvey, which has Just be-
come available for publication Tie
share which the company is willing to
pay is not stated authoritatively, but
it has been reoprted to the selectmen
that it would bear two-thirds of the
loss.
1t is claimed by the Power Co. attor-
news that at the conference in their
Office April 10, which was attended by
three members of the firm, and by The
selcctmen of Brattleboro and Hinsdale
and their attorneys, counsel for the
Power Co. expressed a willingness to
bear some part of the loss, although de-
clining to accept any liability.
The Power Co attorneys and the town
officials are not in agreement on this
point however, the selectmen stating
that the only intimation given them
that the company might be willing to
share the expense being a statement
by Attorney Harvey that the company
would be glad to have them make any
proposition they might care to make.
To this the town 5 reply was that it
had no proposition to make further than
| the one already made, which was that
bax- oanSiIora1 ba lia nlo r,l
would expect them to make good the
loss.
Whatever may have been stated, how
ever, and whatever may have been the
| idea which the Power Co. attorneys
! wished to convey, the present position
of the town is that the company is le-
gally liable and that there is no reason
why the two towns should agree to any
compromise.
1 As to the statement in the letter re-
| ferred to that the late Attorney Clarke
/ c. Fits for the Power Co. offered to
raise the elevation of the bridge about
the year 1909 but that the selectmen
at that time declined the offer as be.
ing unnecessary. the present boards idea
| is that even had such proposition
been made and declined that would not
constitute a release to the Power Co
from liability for damage that might
occur later.
Following are two letters on the sub
| iect, one from the selcctmen to tht
Power Co. and one from the Power Co
to the seleetmen, which are of mucl
interest:
Brattleboro, VT, April l3, 1920
Connecticut River Power Company o
New hampshire,
Brattleboro, Vermont
Gentlemen:
IN Re Bratteboro Hinsdale Bridge Acros
Connecticut River
WHEREAS the bridge across tn
Connecticut river, between the towns 0
, Brattleboro, Vermont, and Hinsdale New
Hampshire, has been destroyed, in accord
ance with our notice to you, dated Apr
g. 1920, and
WHEREAS, it is the duty of your cor
poration at all times to fully. properly
and efficiently protect said bridge and t
compensate the towns of Brattleboro ant
6 Hinsdae for all injury or damage sus
ICop+ipuad on Pare ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
Increase of Labor Cost of
Sugar Only Is Per Cent
Alleged That Three-fifths
of Cost of Shoes In 1917
Was Profit = Corpora
ton Profiteering Costs
Family of Five an Aver
age of 81, 200 per Year

WASHINGTON, May IA study of
profteering in American industry made
under the auspices of the railway broth
erhoods was presented to the railroad
labor board today in support of the rail
way workers demands for higher pay
and to refute the charge that increased
labor costs are responsible for the high
cost of living.
Prepared by w. J. Lauck, former
secretary of the war labor board, the
study seeks to show that profiteering in
industry is the fundamental cause for
high prices in practically all commodi-
ties. Calling attention to the many
war-made millionaires the study con
tends that the increase i'll the wealth
of the wealthy is an unanswerable
refutation' to all attempts to charge
labor with profteering.
OF the extraordinary increase in the
price of sugar now amounting to "O0
per cent, the study says, the increase
in labor costs paid by the consumer was
less than Is per cent.
In the meat packing industry where
profits were said to have increased be.
tween 800 and 400 per cent the labor
item was shown so small that a wage
increase of 100 per cent would add less
than five per cent to the total cost
of meat
Profits absorb approximately one-hali
the retail price of certain kinds OF
cloth, the report declared, while The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
SPOKANE is SMALLER.
Lost 1913 Population in Past Ten Years
First Big City Showing Loss.

WASHINGTON, May spokane,
Washington ranking as the 48th city of
Of the country in 1910, had decrease of
1913 in population in the past 10 years and
now has l04,204 people, the census bureau
announced today The Washington city
thus became the first of the cities in the
class over 100000 so far announced to
show decrease.
Newport, Ky, and Joplin, Mo, both
cities of the 10000 class, are the next
largest cities which have shown decreases.
Between 1900 and 1910 Spokanes popu-
lation increased 1888 per cent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
BOY THIEVES SOLD
LOOT FOR 25 CENTS
Fur Coats Worth $1,000 and $500 In
cluded In Plunder Authorities
Looking for Junk Dealers.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May {. Three
boys arrested today confessed not only to
the robbery Of furs. linen and silver val,
ued at $1,000 but told the police that they
disposed of the loot to junk dealer for
j25 cents. The goods were taken from the
home of Mrs. Emily Warren in
West Springfield which was enteed a
week ago. The aticles taken included
fur coats valued at $1,000 and
$500, The police are now seeking the
junk dealer to whom the goods were sold
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
ON FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD.
President Has Named a Republican Ed
itor from Poughkeepsie.

WASHINGTON, May Edmund Platt
OF Poughkeepsie, n. Y, Republican re
preventative from the Goth New York
district, has been selected by President
Wilson for membership on the federal re
serve board Mr. Platt, who is serving
his fourth term in congress, will succeed
Albert Strauss, who recently resigned
Mr. Platt is a member of the banking
and currency committee. He is news
paper man by profession and is editor o.
the Poughkeepsie Eagle News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
MILLER BROTHERS
BUY KEENE STORE
Former Brattleboro Young Men
Branch Out Again-William A.
Newton Partner in New Firm.

The II. E. Swan clothing business in
Keene, n. H., has been bought by j.
Warren Miller and Avery Miller of
Springfield (Vt.), their brother, Ernest
Miller of Newport, n H., and William
A. Newton, who has been travelling
salesman for several years. The firm
will be known as Miller Bros. Newton.
The Miller brothers, who are sons of the
late Arms Miller of Dummerston, al
ready owned and operated two clothing
stores J. Warren Miller and Avery
Miller manage the Springfield store
while Ernest Miller is in charge of their
Newport store. Mr.. Newton will as
sume the management of the store in
Keene The brothers all formerly lived
here
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
ARRESTED FOR STEALING HOUSE
Five New York Negroes Arraigned II
Court Today.

NEW YORK, MAY Charged with
literally having stolen two-story house
on Staten Island by tearing it down and
carrying off the lumber, presumably
for firewood, five Negroes were ar
raigned today after the owner of the
dwelling testified part of the house had
been found piled up in the back yard
of one defendant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
MRS. SAMUEL GoMPERs DEAD.
Wife of Head of A F. of L. Married
More Than so Years.

WASHINGTON, May Mrs. Sam
uel Gompers, wife Of the president of
the American federation of labor, died
at her home here last night after a
long illness. She was 90 years of age
and had been married for more than
half century Funeral services will
be conducted here and the body will be
taken to New York for burial Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
BOLSHEVIKI ARE
GAINING STRENGTH
Battle at Kiev Still Raging - Poles
Reported Repulsed at
One Point.
One Point.

WARSAW, May 6, ASSOCIATED Press)--
Bolsheviki troops, lighting in the defense
q the city of Kiev, have strengthened
their resistance considerably during the
last "a hours. The battle for the posses.
sion OF the city is still raging, according
To latest DISPATCHES.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
CARNEGIE CORP.
GIVES 100000
Several Towns and Cities Want Cen
trail Teachers Training School
Prof. Bagley to Make Survey
Especial to The Reformer.) J

(Cpecldl 10 Inc heIormeFJ
MONTPELIER, May Before leav.
ing for New York to confer with Prof
William c, Bagley of Columbia college
expert on teachers training, Dr. NJ. b
Hillegas, commissioner of education. made
known that the donor of the 100000 tC
the state for the new central teachers
training school was the Carnegie corpora
ton. Professor Bagley will make survey
of locations, among those considered be
ing Rutland, Middlebury, Burlington
Montpelier and ST. Johnsbury.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
GUILFORD.

The Christian Endeavor society will
hold social Saturday evening, May 15
There will be games, grab bag and other
features. Refreshments will be served
at nominal fee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
PROFIIEE'RLVC CAUSE
OF HIGH LIVING COSTS
SAYR. K. BRO7ZZERHOODS

Refute Claim That In
creased Labor Costs Are
Responsible = Increased
Wealth of the Wealthy
An "Unanswerable Rep
utatiOn" of Charges of
Labor Profiteering, Says
Investigator
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
RUMoR NOT CONFIRMED.
Washington Does not Know Whether
Carranza Has Left Mexican Capital

WASHINGTON, May IA private
message received here after midnight
from Mexico City saying that President
Carranza already had left the Mexican
capital for Vera Cruz had not been
confirmed in official circles today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
GOVERNOR EDWARDS In RACE.
Announces Candidacy for the Democratic
Nomination.

NEW YORK, May 7.-Governor Ed
wards of New Jersey last night became
an avowed, active candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President of
the United States. Walker w. Wick, per-
sonal friend of the governor, issued the
formal statement of his candidacy and
of the opening here of Edwards's cam
|paign.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-07
Poles Are Repulsed.

LONDON, May Polish troops ad-
vancing on kiev were repulsed by the
Bolsheviki on the line of the Irpen river,
1t is announced in Soviet government
communique dated Thursday received
from Moscow today.