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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
ROUNDS Up OVER 200.
Continued from Page L.

Fifteen arrests were reported by the
rife squad of 20 sharpshooters who
toured the city all night with orders
from the police commander to shoot to
kill. Some of them were released on
bail before the police lineup.
Each sharpshooter, a picked man from
the police rifle squad, was accompanied
by three detectives and a uniformed pa
trolman. Under orders to shoot every
suspect who attempted to escape them,
the men searched the highways and by
ways of the city throughout the night.
Other drastic measures to curb New
York's crime wave. which yesterday swept
beyond the city's border into nearby New
Jersey towns, were launched by police Off
Gals and judges.
Removal of Police Commissioner In
right was proposed in a resolution intro
duced at a meeting of the board of alder
men. The resolution was tabled, however.
Similar action vas taken in a resolution
to appoint a special committee to inyesti-
gate the police department and report to
GOVernOr-elect Miller and on another to
request the police commissioners to furnish
the board with information concerning all
arrests made in New York during 1920.
An increase in the police froce Of 769
men was authorized by the board of esti-
mate and in order to provide funds for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
BUILDING COMBINES TUMBLE.
Two Little Trusts Promise TO Discon.
tinue Business.

Two combinations which have been op-
Grating in the building industry TO stihe
competition and regulate prices pledged
themselves yesterday either to disband or
throw aside their agreements aud praC-
tees. They are the Stone Masons' Con
tractors association and the Association
of Composition Roofers and Water Proof
ers, whose members put the coverings
over the heads OF most people in this
city. 81
Thomas Kennedy. president of the Ma
sons association, made the announcement
a ter leaving the witness stand where he
had admitted the oueration Of his system,
that he and his associates had agreed to
go out of business and "to take the field
III omen competition. Edward j.. Lees,
secretary Of the Roefers' association, IN
formed the committee that the contract
ors he represents had arranged for meet
ings and agreed to strike from their rules
all restrictions of trade
The house of cards built on the found
ations Of graft and collision is crumbling
fast, Perhans a dozen combinations
which had built up monopolies during the
last year, and which had become so effect
i've they practically killed the building
business in New York. have opened nego-
t~iations with the Lockwood committee
and promised to mend their ways. They
agree to surrender all their books and
minutes; to place themselves at the mercy
of the state if allowed to disband.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
Roundup i'm Boston.

BOSTON, Dec. 22.-Two score more
IT suspicious persons were gathered in
by the police in the 24 hours ending
with the roll call today. The drive that
is being prosecuted by officers in plain
clothes and III uniforms in an effort to
bring into custody all persons regarded
as likely to be involved in spreading
here the crime wave that has rolled over
other cities has eliminated several hun
dred persons from participation up to
today.
The need for alertness was emphasized
in an order from Police Commissioner
Curtis that was repeated at roll call
today and which said officers in pursuit
of suspects should go with reyolvers in
hand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
ARMY Filler UNSUCCESSFUL.
kirkpatrick Forced to Land
on Account of Leak.

MTNFOLA. i. T.. Dec. 22.-Lieut. Ross
Kirkpatrick. the army fier who was
forced down early today while attempt
ing to break the worlds record for con
tinuous flight, will nave another try at
the record soon he declared upon alight-
ING from his 4O0-horse power army plane,
He landed at Mitchell field at l.S0
o'clock this morning owing to a gasoline
leak after being in the air a little more
than Is hours. About six hours short OF
the record.
The army fier and his mechanic made
leak was located under the cock nit ond
was inaccessible in mid air. The fuel
supply was virtually exhausted when they
came to earth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22

The state engineers Office is preparing
a map for the highway department show
ing in colored lines the state roads op-
Grating under the patrol system. Near
" 1000 miles of state roads are pa
trolled and for which a large amount of
money is we'll expended. 1t is generally
conceded that the patrol system is n
great factor in preserving Vermont roads
from wear and tear, carrying out the
old maxim that "a stitch in time saves
nine The patrol bill exceeds $780,
600 annually.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
HOUsEBOAT FOR HARDINGs.
They win BE ~Frelinghuysen's Guests
i'm Florida Waters.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dec. d.
The president-elect and Mrs. Harding
viii spend several weeks in Florida as
the guests of Senator F~reIinghuysen of
New. Jersey on the latter's h0useboat. ac-
cordIng to Geographic advices received
here yesterday.
The telegram said Mr.. and Mrs. Hard
ing would leave Marion soon after New
Years day and would visit Miami and
other Florida resorts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
HOTEL THIEF PLEADS GUILTY.
Admits Burglary at Hotel Astor-To Be
Sentenced Friday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Iawrence
Hawthorne, who has been held under
100000 bail charged with burglary in
connection with the hOld-up of four
guests at Hotel Astor last week today
pleaded guilty. He will be sentenced
next Friday. There We're five indict-
ments against him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-22
L

In B~rattleboro, Dec. p, by Rev. Delmar
f. Trout. Warren ID. Punt of Putney and
Miss Elizobeth f. Holley of Rehoboth,
Mass,
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26

cality, we will absolutely and positive
ly send them out free and on trial for
ten days wear. These Gems are set
in AK gold-filled diamond mount
ings, for both ladies and gentlemen.
To take advantage of this wonderful
offer you must act quickly as only
5000 will be given out on this plan.
Send Us this ad and your name and
address (no money! and a strip of
paper that just meets around the Sec
ond joint of the ring finger..We will
send the ring by Parcel Post, pre-
paid; when it comes, merely deposit
$1.83 with the Postman, wear it every
where you go for ten whole days, if
you or any of your friends can tell it
a Diamond, send it back-your
will be refunded, but if you
decide to buy it, send us 81 a month
until the total price of $1O.85 has been
paid. No reference necessary we
you. Send today, SO you will be
sure to get one on this plan. Address
The Taylor-Wrightwell Company, 20
.. Jackson Blvd, Chicago. (Adv.)
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26
LET'S co!

Put one hundred men on an island where fish
is a staple article of sustenance. Twenty-Five of
the men catch fish. Twenty-Five others clean fish.
twenty-five cook the fish. Twenty-Five hunt
fruit and vegetables. The entire company eats
what thus is gathered and prepared.
So long as everybody works there is plenty.
All hands are happy.
Ten more of the allotted fish catchers stop
catching fish.
catch.
Five continue to catch fish, but work only
part of the day at it.
Fewer fish go into the community kitchen.
But the same number of men insist upon hav-
fore.
The Fifty men who formerly cleaned and cook
ed the fish have less to do, owing to the under
supplying of fish. But they continue to demand
food.
Gradually greater burdens are laid upon the
fruit and vegetable hunters. These insist upon a
larger share of fish in return for their larger eff
forts in gathering fruit and vegetables. It is de-
MED them, and soon twenty of the twenty-five
quit gathering fruit and vegetables.
But the entire one hundred men continue to
insist upon their right to eat.
The daily food supply gradually shrinks. The
man with two fish demands three bananas in ex-
change for one of them. The man with two bana-
mas refuses to part with one for fewer than three
fish.
Finally the ten men remaining at work quit
in disgust. Everybody continues to eat. The hid
den fish are brought to light and consumed
Comes a day when there is no food of any kind,
Everybody on the island blames everybody else.
What would seem to be the solution? Exact,
ly! We thought you would guess it.
For we repeat that you can't eat, buy, SELL
steal, give away, hoard, wear, use, play with, OF
gamble with what isn't.-Chicago Herald and
Examiner.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26
IN A HUMOR TO ADJOURN.

The membership of both Houses of the legis-
lature begin to look tired, sleepy and worn, and
there is little life, in either body; and soon the
paper wad era will arrive when members will be-
come boys again and chunk each other with pa
per balls, made on the spot. That always follows
a spirit of Generalization, when the members have
little to do, except to kill, in a most perfunctory
way, most of the bills on third reading, for it i is
difficult to get serious consideration in a legis-
lature that is demoralized, and tired of long sit
ting.-Jackson Clarion Ledger
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
SOCIETY GUSH.

The big metropolitan newspapers make fun of
the small city dailies with their many letters
from neighboring villages. Then they print col
umns of silly detail regarding the social higher
ups.
Every Sunday the society editors dwell loving
ly upon the costume of Miss Jones, with her white
satin and irridescent sequins, Miss Smith, with
her apricot chiffon taffeta with silver lace and
morning glories, Mrs. Robinson, with her gown of
lavendar net, girdle of pale pink and blue ribbon.
The absurd thing about metropolitan journal
ism is that it picks out some narrow circle of the
alleged -Four Hundred calls it society, record
ing it's doing in obsequious detail. Meanwhile the
mass of Woodworking people are ignored unless
they get into the police court.
When you read that Farmer Smith has built a
barn, you learn that something has been done to
improve the community and put it on a better eco
nomic basis. 1t is worth mentioning. But when
you read how the -Four Hundred' are parading
around in their party clothes, you read about
something that is no benefit to the community,
and much of which represents mere eXtravagant
spending. 1t is of no more significance that Mrs
Gotrox has a new party dress, than that a far
mer's wife has a new checked apron. The farmers
wife is doing good work with the apron, while
Mrs. Gotrox may be wasting her husbands mon.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26

Out of Fix?

fhone your grocer or
druggist for a dozen bottles
of this delicious digestant,-a glass
with meals gives delightful relief, or
no charg- fox the first dozen used.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26

Take the Daily Conmonwsalth
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-26
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Nothing like it for renovating old
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Bottled and guaranteed by the cele-
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ton, 5. c. If your regular dealer
sannot supply you telephone
GREENWOOD GROCERY CO.
Distributors Tor Crossword
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
START WEDNESDAY
Representatives of Railroad Brother.
hoods and the Roads Will Confer
on the Dispute.

Washington. ID. c.. March s.-Repre-
sentatives of the railroad brotherhoods
and the roads will meet here Wednes-
day to begin negotiations looking to a
settlement of the wage demands of the
two million railway workers. The ma
chincry with which an effort win be
made to settle the dispute is that pro-
vided for in the railroad bill.
Decision TO start the wage adjusting
machinery on Wednesday was reached
at a conference to-day between Direc-
tor General Hines and T. Dewitt Guy
Ter. president of the National Associa-
tion Of Railway Executives. Director
Hines will open the first meeting and
is expected to lay before the represen-
tatives suggestions in line with the
governments experience with the rail
way wage problem.
After the first meeting Mr.. Hines
will withdraw and the board will con-
tinue with only its official membership.
The brot therhoods will be represented
bv the executive heads of the l5 organ
izations which have stood together in
the demands for higher wages. A com
n.ittee of nine has been selected by the
Association of Railway Executives TO
represent the corporations.
Spokcsmen for both sides of the con
troversy anticipate a long drawn out
fight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
SEXES ARE CHANGING
THEIR PREROCATIVES
Men are Developing "Sinister Fem
inism," Cardinal 0'Connel De-
clared in Address in
Boston Last
Night.

Boston. March S.-Growing weak
ness on the part of the men of the
country is developing a sinister femin-
ism, Cardinal O'Connel told gather
ing of men at the Cathedral of the
Holy Cross last night. Man, as head OF
the house, he said, should assert his
proper authority in the home.
Failure to do this, the cardinal as
serted, "leads to false femininism
which unless it is curbed in time, will
have dsas trous results for humanity.
The women are becoming masculine, II
you please, as the men are becoming
effeminaIte. This is disorder"
Cardinal O'Connel questioned how a
father could ''look on and see his chill
dren, especially the girls, running ramp
ant without any consideration for mod
esty" Hardship Of the home, he said,
meant that the man should look after
the morals of the whole family
The evil of extrayagant expenditure
which, he predicted, would cause a
financial react ion in America to some
degree similar to that which has caused
Europe's virtual bankruptcy, was criti-
cized The cardinal argued also against
what he said was continual clamor
for more pay by working men, and ad-
vised that they be on their guard
against a spirit working underhanded
for perpetual strikes with the purpose
of destroying organization and indus
try.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
WILSON WILL CHE VfEW S
on ARTICLE TEN PLAN
He Has Framed a Letter to Senator
Hitchcock in Which His Posi-
ton Will Be Set Forth
Clearly.

Washington. D. C., March s.-Presi-
dent Wilson will state his position on
the Lodge reservation TO article 10
probably to-day, it was announced at
the White House
The presidents attitude on this and
other reservations will be outlined in a
letter to Senator Hitchcock OF Ne
braska, the administration leader.
He will not see Senator Simmons,
Democrat, North Carolina, as request
ed bv Senator Hitchcock, but viii
write Senator Simmons telling him the
matter is sufficiently covered in his re-
ply to Mr. Hitchcock.
The presidents letter TO Senator
Hitchcock was put in final form this
morning In il the president was said
to have made his position equally as
clear as he did in his conference with
Senator Glass Of Virginia two weeks
ago.
Administration officials said the pres
ident would not accept the Lodge res
ervation to article 10. They disclosed
that he had discussed the so-ealled
Taft reservation to article 10 with Sen
ator Glass and that while he had not
stated his approval Of II, he did not say
he would not accept 1t
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
MOTPELIER VAS
VIRTUALLY WITHOUT
FIRE PROTECTION
Pressure on Water Main Dropped IRON
100 to As Pounds-Aid Was
Sought from Barre.

Montpelier found itself virtually
without fire protection to-day when
the pressure on the city water main
dropped from 100 to so and then to 45,
This pressure would be entirely ineffec-
tive to meet the situation in ease of a
fire of any proportions. The reason
for the drop in the pressure was the
clogging of the stream at Berlin pond
because of the snow and ice.
Realizing the imperative need of se-
curing equipment. the officials of Mont.
pelier made request of Barre that some
OF the city's equipment be sent to
Montpelier, while at the same time
steps were taken to secure the states
40 pound chemical from the state gar
age aft BENJAMIN Falls and the old hand
pump was brought out of its retire
ment.
After a conference between Mayor
Langley, Fire Chief Heney and alder
men. ii was decided to offer the new
light chemical truck which was recent
" placed in service. This truck car
Ties CHeullCdl equipment "hN
prove of much value to Montpelier. 1t
was arranged that the Montpelier fire
chief should make the arrangements for
the transportation of the truck, prob
ably by means of railroad
The Montpelier fire committee ex-
pressed its appreciation of the offer,
and arrangements were being made
this afternoon to get the truck to
Montpelier as soon as possible.
Reports from Berlin stated that there
was water enough in the pond to main
tain the normal pressure but that the
water was greatly retarded by snow
and ice. The pump win be started at
once to increase the flow of water.
This condition is similar to that
which developed nearly score of
years ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
COLLEGE BUILDING DAMAGED.
Safford Hall at Mount Holyoke At
tackled by Fire.

South Hadley, Mass. March SAT
ford hall. one of the dormitories of
Mount Holyoke college. was badly dam
aged by smoke and fire to-day. Fire
apparatus was DELAYED by the huge
snowdrifts. and townspeoplc. mill oper-
atives and college girls fought the
flames. preventing them from spreading
70 other college buildings Bucket
brigades were formed. and group of
students broke a hole in the pond on
the campus, from which water was oh
tanned. As soon as it was seen that
the fire apparently would not spread
through the whole building. a group Of
girls formed line and ventured
through the smoke from room to room,
throwing the contents Of the rooms
from the windows or passing them
from hand 10 hand to safety.
Stafford hall is one of tho oldest col
lege dormitories and was built in 1897.
II il three stories high and Of brick.
Most of the girls who room IN the
building we're at classes when the fire
started
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
AMERICAN is HELD
FOR $4,000 RANSOM
Joseph Williams Is Said to Be in the
Hands of Villa-Williams Is
World War Veteran.

I'll Paso, Tex. March S.--Joseph Will
liams. an American employe of the
American Smelling and Refining plant
at Pedricena, Mexico, is captive in
the hands of Francisco Villa, held for
$4,000 ransom, according to passen-
gers from southern chihuahua, who
have arrived at Juarez, Mexico, oppo-
site here Williams served in the World
war and was returning to the United
States for treatment, still suffering
from the effects of German gas.
With NJ. Uasar. an Arabian mer-
chant, Williams was made prisoner by
villa whes the bandit leader directed
an attack on the northbound Mexico
City-Juarez train last Thursday near
Corralitos, 400 miles south of Fl Paso.
In a fight between Villas men and
the train guard, ten bandits and 10 Of
the train guard were killed and the re
naming fifty defenders either wound
ed or driven off The train and sleep
ing car conductors were among the
dead, the latter being killed by a shot
from Villas pistol, the passengers said.
When the fighting ceased, the ban
dts herded the travellers to a small
Hill near the track. where Villa har
angued and threatened them with
death Later. according to eve wit
nesses. he broke into tears and told
them he would spare their lives out Of
respect to the memory of General Fe.
lipe Angeles, who recently was exc.
cuted by Carranza authorities at Chi
huahua City.
Williams and VI. Nasar were forced
10 accompany the bandits when they
rode away leaving the other psssen-
gers marooned in desolate country,
bereft of their belongings and cloth
ing. which had been taken by the rob
bers
According to r. J. Peltier, an Ameri-
can citizen resident of Mexico City,
who said he was roughly handled and
threatened with death. the bandits
numbered about 300. They stopped the
train by placing a charge of dynamite
on the track. which wrecked the en-
gine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
r. W. ACAN WILL
RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Ludlow Mans Aspirations to Be An
nounced This Week by
Ludlow Tribune.

Ludlow, March s. - The Vermont
Tribune, Frank w. Agans home news
paper, will this week announce his can
didacy for the Republican nomination
as governor. Mr. Agan is at present in
Los Angeles, Cal, but will return in
two or three weeks and formulate a
platform and plan of campaign.
While The Tribune is not yet ad-
vised as to what its candidate VIII
stand for, it is known that Frank ".
Agan is absolutely opposed to the man
ner in which the 18th amendment for
federal prohibition was foisted on the
people, having made local option cam
paign in 1902 in part on the following
issue:
"We declare that state prohibition IS
ineffective as law intended to repress
the sale OF intoxicating liquors and
pernicious and dcmoralizing in its oper
alton. We demand that the control OF
the liquor traffic be passed over to the
various cities and towns under consery-
atiye regulations prescribed by the leg
islature.
1--WE demand that the next legisla
ture pass a high license, local-option
law, and that the same be submitted
TO the voters Of Vermont to become et-
fective only when majority Of the
voters Of the state have signitied their
approval in the same manner as the
prohibitory law. became effective 5O
wears ago. And in the event Of such a
law being submitted to the people We
urge all voters of Vermont to support
il at the polls"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-08
AGAIN DESIRES TO RESIGN.
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott
Osborne Sends Resignation.

Portsmouth. \. H., March s.-Lieu-
tenant Commander Thomas Mott os.
borne to-day announced that he had
again forwarded his resignation as
commandant of the naval prison here
and from the navy. to Secretary Dan
iels. Commander Osborne withdrew a
previous request for relief, pending de-
termination OF charges against his con
duct of the prison. Assistant secre-
tary Roosevelt declared last week that
the charges were unfounded.
In reciting the record of his two
and one half years command, MIR 0s-
borne said that 6,s44 prisoners passed
through the institution of whom 1904
were returned 10 service The only
friction developed during his admins
tration, he said, came not from the
prisoners, but from politicians on the
outside.