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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
Reductions Average About
30 Per Cent Under
Union Scale
WORKERS WILL GET
S15 A WEEK LESS
Some of the Employees Are
Already Out on
Strike

New York, Dec. 20.-zWage rednc'
tions averaging about thirty per cent
under the unien scale prevailing in the
mems clothing industry since Novem-
Der, 1919, were announced to-day hy
the Clothing Manufacturers associa-
tion, which made public its new piece
work wage schedule.
Under the piece work rates, the an.
nouncement states, the workers will
average approximately SIS week less
than they received under the union
scale during the past year.
Approximately $1,000 clothing work
ers in New York are affected. Praeti'
caily all of these are either on strike
against the proposed piece work sys'
tenn or have been locked out by the
manufacturers.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America representing the union EN-
ployes of the clothing industry, ard
the manufacturers association broke
off relations several weeks ago. Picket
lines have been established about
udHN sHbps Htit III an tApi~ w -
suade workers against entering the
mills under the piece work system.
Under the new piece work system
il was. stated, the clothing workers
would be able to earn from s22 to
$50 a week.
Figures announced showed that the
new rate still gave the workers in
creases ranging from 80 to " per cent
over the scale prevailing Feb. |, 1919
The piece work rates, it is stated
will be fixed for each factory upon The
basis of production of the average ex,
perieneed operators and are calculated
to produce average earnings for the
seventy different classes Of workers.
The manufacturers eontended that
the new rates would enable workers to
earn without undue physical effort and
would give fast workers ample 'p.
portunity TO earn in excess OF the ay'
erage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
MAYOR OF ST. ALBANS DEAD.
Charles A. Buck Had Pneumonia and
Was Ill a Week.

St. Albans. Dec. 20.-Mayor Charles
Alsysius Buck died at the st. Albams
hospital Sunday morning of pneupe-
MIA. Mayor Buck became suddenly III
Sunday evening, Dec IL. He suffered
a chill. A physician was summoned
and diagnosed his condition as that OF
a severe bilious case. He did not i'm
prove and was taken from the home
of his brother, f. 7. Buck, on Brown
avenue. with whom he lived, to the
st. Albans hospital Thursday pneu-
monia developed and his condition
steadily grew worse.
Mayor Buck was born in this city on
Jan. ), 1870, son of Thomas and Mary
Buck. He attended the st. Adams
high school and was graduated with
the class of 1891 He then studied
law for two years. Giving up the study
of law, he entered the customs service,
where hesremained for four years. he
later served on the staff of the St.
Albans Messenger for several years.
For the past Is years he had been
night ticket clerk at the local station
Of the Central Vermont railway and
was acting in that capacity when he
became i'll. The deceased began his
duties as night ticket clerk in Sep'sm-
bcis 1905
Mr.. Buck was elected mayor of this
city on the Democratic ticket at tie
last March meeting and had rendered
verv efficient service.
He was a member of St Albahs
council. No. 297, X. of G., and wes
grand knight from September. lals,
to September. 1920. He was also a
member of the Champlain Country
club and the Owl club.
The mayor is survived by two broth
ers. +. 4. Buck of this city and Frank
d. Buck of Hyde Park, Mass. by two
nephews. John of Atlantic. Iowa, and
Frederick y. Buck. student of Nor
wich university. Noehfeld.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
FAIR PRICE LIST
QUOTED EACH DAY
That Is the Way They Have Adopted
in Chicago to Force Down the
0sst of Food.

Chicago. Dec. 20.-Revrrsal to war
methods in fighting high food prices
was adopted in Chicago to-day when
Russell J. Poole. secretary Of the fair
price committee Of the city council, an
nounced that fair price quotations for
meats would be isued daily by the
council committee.
Wholesale prices quoted by packers at
the stock yards will be made the basis
Of the fair price schedule. To this viii
be added overhead charges and a fair
profit.
The meat dealers profits are great
er now than az any time during the
war said Everett c. Brown Of the
Chicago livestock exchange, who sug-
gested the fair price schedule. The
dealer could cut prices 10 to 20 per
cent and still make a bigger margin Of
profit than before the war
c. H Frye. Seattle packer. on his
way from an eastern visit, said retail
meat prices in the east and middle vest
were higher than on the Pacific coast.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
RAIDED sINN FEM ISLAND.
Military and Police Shot Those Who
Tried to Escape.

Dublin, Dec. Military and police
in boats surrounded the main islapd of
the Aran group, at the entrance 70
Galway bay yesterday to carry out a
search. Two men were shot attempt
ing to escape, three others were wound
ed and seven prisoners were taken, ac-
cording to official messages received in
Dublin to-day.
Whether fight occurred in securing
the prisoners was not stated in the
messages. No reference was made TO
any casualties to the crown forces.
II is understood that 1nishmaan is
land, which presumably is the one
which was surrounded, was used by the
Sim Feiners for prisoners taken in
Galway. Several months ago the police
attempted landing to rescue the pris-
oners, but their boat was stoned and
driven of.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
TRY TO RUSH
BILL THROUGH
F AT ONCE
Action By Committee Was
Brought About After
Charges That Various
Articles Were Acted on
"As a Sop" for Different
Classes Of Voters.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 20.--The
House ways and means committee to-
day voted out the Fordney. emergency
tariff bill, designed to protect the farm
rrs, and instructed Chairman Fordney
" to make all efforts possible to obtain
gction on il before the Christmas re-
pess.
The committee made two changes.
lemons were added to the list aD6 an
import duty of one and one-fourth
rents per pound was established. The
rate on peanut oiswas increased from
20 to 26 cents a gallon
y Representatives from the agricultur-
al districts in conference pledged their
lInpport to the bill, but instructed a
Frommittee to urge that frozen and re-
lrigerated beef, lemons and canned sal
mon be included in the list of imports
IA which high tariffs would be i'm
posed.
Action by the conference came only
after spirited discussion, during which
there were charges that the ways and
means committee had drafted a make
shift bill and that certain commodities
had been included or omitted from the
high tariff list 'as a sop" for different
Glasses of voters. ~
Five members of the ways snd
means committee voted against the
Fordney bill. They were said to have
been Representative Treadway, Massa-
chusetts; Tilson, Connecticut; Raiiey,
Illinois: 0ldfeld, Arkansas, and Hull,
Tennessee.
Mr.. Rainey previously had announced
his intention to fight the bill in the
House.
Representatives Treadway and Til
son we're said to have based their cp-
position on the contention that manu-
factured products were not included
and that, therefore, the measure meant
TO their constituents only an increase
in the cost of living.
Representative Bacharach. Republi-
can, New Jersey, although he finally
voted for the bill, was understood to
have told the committee that he felt
II was not broad enough in scope and
that the fact that manufactured tex
tioles were not included would result
IN assaults being made upon it when
It is taken up on the floor
While the House committee was act
Ing, the Senate Democratic steering
rommittee decided to resist hasty en-
nctment of emergency tariff legisla-
tion.
I'VE will insist upon full and regu-
lar consideration of the BILL said
senator Simmons of North Carolina
ranking Democrat on the finance com
mittee. Eve do NOS regard the bill
taking IL as a whole, as an emergency
bill but a regular tariff measure.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
TO USE RECORDS
OF COAL MEN
Senate Committee Has
Been Delving Into Coal
Associations Affairs
MASS OF MATTER
UNDER SUBPOENA
Officers of Association Are
Also Expected to Be
Called

Washington, D. c., Dec 20. Records
in the headquarters of the National
Coal association have been placed un-
der subpoena by the Senate committee
on reconstruction and will be brought
before the committee in open session
tomorrow, it was annuonced to-day
by Senator Calder of New York, chair
man of the committee.
Agents of the committee, led by y.
p. Miller, descended upon the associa-
tions headquarters Saturday and be-
gan an examination of the records
which lasted until last night. They
placed under subpoena large amount
OF correspondence and other matter,
Senator Calder said, bearing on the ac-
tion taken by the association during
the transportation tie-up and coal
shortage last summer.
Officers of the association are expect
ed to be called to testify before the
committee which was authorized by a
special resolution of the Senate last
week to employ counsel and proceed
with an investigation taken last June.
The coal industry was sharply criti-
cised in a partial report submitted to
the Senate by the committee last week.
j. d. A. Morrow, vice president, and
other officers Of the coal association,
conferred to-day with members OF the
committee. Mr. Morrow said there
had been no raid on the associations
Offices and the same statement was
made by William T. Chantlsnd, who
to-day was appointed counsel for the
committee. Mr.. Morrow said Mr..
Miller and other representatives Of the
committee had been given the keys TO
the offices and the file room and 4 bat
they examined the files thoroughly and
made copies of certain correspondence
for the committee. Nothing was TAX
en- from the offices, he said
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
FARMERS RELIEF BILL,
\ AS SLLGH7L Y AMENDED,
TAKEN BEFORE HOUSE
PRESIDENT CANNOT
STOP WHEAT IMPORT
But He Has Certain Power to Stop
Future Trading in Wheat In the
Report to Him.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 20 tBy the
Assoeia ted Press The president is
without power under existing law to
shut out wheat imports, but he appar-
emily has certain powers under the
Lever act to stop future trading in
wheat, the federal trade commission
says in special report to President
Wilson made public to-day at the
White House.
The commission says that because OF
the failure of the Chicago board OF
trade to cooperate it was unable to OBJ
tain necessary information as to
whether there had been large transac-
tions in wheat futures.
"a limitation of the volume or spec
ulative trades in wheat, similar to the
limitations placed on corn speculation
during the period of government con-
troll, would probably tend to reduce the
possibility of manipulative trading,
the commission suggests.
The report is based on an investiga-
tion which the president requested in
October, after Governor Allen of Kan
sas and others had urged him to bar
Canadian neutrality-suspicious. to staibil-
ize the then rapidly declining market.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
A LONDON BANK
.SUSPENDS PAYMENT
Farrows' Bank, Having Deposits of
More Than $4,000, 900, Did Busi-
ness Largely in Small
Deposits

London. Dec. 20.-Farrows' bank.
which did business largely with small
deposits in the suburbs of London,
where it had numerous branches, post
ed a notice to-day that payments had
been suspended. The bank, which had
a capital of 100000 pounds and de-
posits estimated at from 2.000OO0O0
pounds to 3.000.0O00 pounds gave no
immediate explanation for its step.
Suspension of payments, il Is be
heved, viii not have any effect other
than sentimental on the stock ex-
change. The announcement caused lit
tie surprise among financiers.
The board Of trade states that the
difficulties Of the bank were due 30
losses in trading extending over Sc
ries Of years, and not to any causes
due to general OF particular conditions
at the present time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
FUNERAL IN wILLIAMSTowN
OF Mrs. Laura Ditty, Who Died at
Sons Home in Barre.

The funeral OF Mrs. Laura Ditty,
who died Thursday at the home of her
son. Windsor Ditty. iT this city, was
held in The Methodist church in Will
Jamestown Saturday afternoon at
o'clock. Rev A. NJ. Markey officiating.
There was large attendance, the
Eastern Star and woman's Relief corps
going in body. and many flowers and
set pieces. Mrs. A. NJ Markey sang
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and
Face to Face
Burial was in the family lot in the
village cemetery and the bearers were
CLAYTON X. Ditty, son; Warren VIII
liams. Fred Williams and Bert Will
liams. nephews.
Those from out Of town who attend
ed the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. c. r.
Ditty of Haverhill, Mass, Fred VIII
liams OF Northfield, Warren and Bert
Williams of Brookield.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
ILL THREE WEEKS.
Z. Giannarelli Died Sunday of Bron-
chial Pneumonia.

III with bronchial pneumonia for
three weeks. Emilio Giannsrelli of IA
Ossola place finally succumbed to the
illness at $3.50 Sunday morning at his
home.
He was born in Fivizzano. Msssa
Carrara, Italy, April Is, 1882, and TO
America he came Il years ago. In his
native land he had served his ap-
premiership as stonecutter and here
followed the trade ever since. He came
directly to Barre after reaching this
continent and after a period OF six
years returned TO Italy TO take as his
wife Glorinda Gisnnsrelli of Fiyizzano.
She and three children. Armondina.
aged 10 years; Rosa. aged eight years.
and Amilcare. aged five years, mourn his
death at their home. He leaves besides
these. three brothers and his mother.
Domenico and Limo of Barre. and Gui-
seppi and his mother in Italy
Mr.. Giannarelli's acquaintance in the
Italian colony reached far and wide.
and he was well known BY many ltal-
ian people Of Montpelier. His funeral
will he held Tuesday afternoon. sery-
ices to be conducted al the home, and
interment az Elmwood cemetery vault.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
VIENNA, CITY OF WOE,
FACES DARK CHRISTMAS.

: Vienna, Dec. 20.-Christmas
cheer in Vienna will be distrib-
uted only among the children by
the American mission, the Amer
lean relief administration and
the American Red Cross. For the
majority of the 100000 inhabi-
tants this Christmas is certain
to be the darkest ever known.
The strike of hotel, restaurant
ana cafe employees has spread to
the outlying sections. closing
more shelters which at least Of
fered warmth for people coming
from their cold homes,
A heavy fall OF snow which
served to deepen the gloom OF
the people is being removed by
groups Of pale men and women,
many of whom fall to the ground
from exhaustion caused mostly
by starvation. The Viennese
shuttle about the streets re-
signed and hopeless in preference
to freezing in their homes, which
have not been heated in a long
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
STECEL BILL SEEMS
LIKELY TO PASS HOUSE
House Census Committee Was Repre-
sented to Be in Favor of Meas
ure Increasing Sire Of
House to 4s3 Mem

Washington, d. c., Doc. 2o.-Enact
fnent of the Siegel reapportionment
bill, proposing an increase in the House
pf Representatives to 4s3 members SO
rs to prevent any state losing a rep
resentative is favored by majority
Of the House census committee, Chair
man Siegel declared to-day after an
executive session of the committee.
Representative Siegel hopes to have
The reapportionmsnt bill ready by mid
y January.
Hearings on the measure will be held
by the committee on Dec. 2s and % and
Jan. T. Special attention will be direct
"a TO the Acknowledgement of negroes
IN the southern states.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
COTTON REPORT.
Shows io,s7s,26s Bales Ginned Prior to
Dec. i3.

Washington, ID. G., Dec. 20.-Cotton
exclusive of linters. ginned prior TO
Dec. IL. amounted to los7s,26S run
ming bales. including l9s,ls4 round
bales. which were counted as half
bales: 54.467 bales of American -Egyp-
tian and POI bales of Sea Island, the
census bureau announced today.
Ginnings last year 10 Dec. l3
amounted to 9.396,6s6 bales, including
lO3. .662. round bales, 27.l04 bales Of
American Egyptian and 6,236 bales of
Sea Island.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
CARDINAL GIBBONS BETTER.
Even Sits Up and Reads But Re-
ceives No Callers.

Baltimore, Dec. 20.-Improvement in
the condition of Cardinal Gibbons con.
tiuued to-day. according TO word from
Union Hills, Md, where he has been
staying with friends for two weeks.
He sits up most Of the day reading
but receives few visitors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
wEBsrERvILLE YOUTHS DEATH
Joseph Lavine, II, Died of Typhoid
Fever Saturday Night

Joseph Lavine. aged IL years, died
at 10 O'Clock Saturday night At the
City hospital. after four weeks III.
ness with typhoid fever, two weeks Of
which were spent at the hospital. The
young man came from Spain nine
months ago and had been working at
the wetmore & Morse quarry, his ia
ther. Philip Lsvine, joining him three
months ago. the mother and four SIS
ters remaining in Spain.
The body was taken To the Whit
comb undertaking rooms at East Barre
and from there to the home Of X. luda
in Websterville. where the father and
son boarded. The funeral will be held
al the Catholic church in Grsniteville
Tuesday afternoon at , O'Clock, Rev.
y. J. Lachance officiating. and burial
will be in the Catholic cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
But Brooklyn Federal
Building occve It's Were
Thrown 1A Fright
WOMEN $ lPLoYEs
vACs ED BUILDING
This Was Third Threat in
Two Weeks That Build
ing Would Be Wrecked

Nsw York, Dec. 20.--The federal
building in Brooklyn at noon was put
under heavy guard after receir. Of a
third threat that the structure would
be bombed. The latest threat, sent on
post card to United States Attorney
Ross, said the building would be blown
up between II and ] o'clock to-day.
Women employees were advised to
vacate the building during the noon
hour and all of them left the place.
Two similar threats were received in
the last two weeks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
ATE OYSTER AND DIED.
st. Albans Girl, Aged 8, Had Conyul-
sions Twice Since Friday.

st. Albans, Dee. 20.--Phyllis, the
three year-oId daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Marquette of Bishop
street, died of convulsions yesterday
as a result of eating oysters. Fri
day night for her supper she had some
oyster broth in which there were two
or three oysters. Late in the eve
ming she became i'll and suffered an
other convulsion, from which she never
recovered.
Besides her parents, she is survived
by an infant sister, Elizabeth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
TOOK LIBERTY BONDS
TO COVER MARGINS
Charles r. Eastman Arrested on Charge
Of Embezzling Securities from
Hercules Powder Co.

Wilmington. Del, Dec. 2o.-Charles
r. Eastman. assistant treasurer of the
Hercules Powder company, was arrest
d to-day on a charge Of embezzling Sc
,urities from the company.
The warrant was sworn out by At
sornev General Reinhart after officers
n the company had said Eastman's
heritage had been made good and the
lmpsnv would not prosecute
, Thev said Eastman took Liberty
,ords owned by the company and de
sositd them with local brokers to
over margins in stock speculation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
AMERICANS NOT MoLESTED.
RepOrt About Mistreatment in SmyT
na Is Denied.

Constantinople Dee la.-Reports
that Americans have been molested in
SMYRNA. which have been current for
several davs. were denied by officers of
the United States destroyer John =
Edwards. which arrived here today
from Smyrna
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
WATCH FOR oUTcAsTs.
Railroad Stations at Baltimore Are
Being Guarded.

Baltimore, Nd, Dec. Railroad
stations here have been put under in
creased police guard and other precau-
tions have been taken to prevent an in
flux Of criminals from New York or
other cities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
STOP TRAINS; NO COAL.
Passenger Traffic on Hungarian Rail
ways Suspended to Jan. =.

Budapest. Dec lS.-Psssenger traf-
&c on the Hungarian railways wss to-
dav ordered suspended from Dec. p to
Jan. 8. owing 10 the lack Of coal
Private houses throughout the eoun-
try are without coal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20

Miss Catherine sullivan and Mitchell
Nuiry began work At the Adams CO.
store this morning. 70 be employed
there through the Christmas rush Mr.
Muirv is filling the place left vacant
by Sherwood Williams, student -
Goddard. who has gone 20 ms home IN
West Topsham for the holidays.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-26
Y. N. Q. A. News.

On Saturday evening, October Both.
Joe Lorraine with ms famous battle
SCARED banjo, VIII entertain members
and friends OF the Bennington Associ.
alton at the Y. This entertainment
is being conducted under the super
vision Of the boys department,
During the great war, Joe Lorraine
and his now famous banjo, were con
slant entertainers CT the soldiers in
the bate zones. So wonderful and
SO gripping were the old home melo-
dies played by Joe that the dough.
boys sat undisturbed by the earth.
rocking detonatjons as high e%xplosiy-
es let loose. These Yankees had ears
only for the strumming music Of the
banjo and the grooming OF old melod.
les by Lorraine. In spite OF having
been gassed and shell. shocked, il is
the same entertaining Lorraine who
will entertain and enthrall the gather
ing at the Y building on Saturday
evening.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-26
SCIATICA PAINS
HAVE VANISHED

Sciatica is neuralgia Of the sciatic
nerve, although it is often called sci
attic rheumatism. Pain is the invari.
able symptom. In some cases the
pain is knife.like, sharp, OF shooting,
in others it is dull and aching.
Sciatica is an unfailing warning that
the nervous system is undernourish.
ed. The blood carries nourishment
to the nerves, but If it becomes thin
the nerves fail to get enough food.
An elective treatment is recon.
mended by Mr.. James N. Holmes, OF
86 Maple St., 0neonta, N. Y. lie says:
III never want to go through i.
other siege of pain and sickness such
as | endured all one winter. My sys.
tenn was badly run down to start with
and then l became wet through dur.
ing a storm. | caught n severe cold
and sciatica developed. Both hips
were affected and my legs we're pulled
up. There were sharp shooting pains
that cut like n knife and / couldn't
rest day or night. For months | hob.
bled around aid was very nervous.
"a friend advised me TO give Or.
Williams Pink Pills a trial. In three
weeks | began to gain. The improve
ment was slow at first, Gradually the
pain became less severe and the swell
ing in my legs was reduced. Then
the s%ciatica disappeared and l have
not been troubled with it since. l al
ways keep DR.. Williams Pink Pills
on hand now"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent by mail,
postpaid, on receipt of price, 60 cents
a box by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Co, Schenectady, N. y. Write for
The free booklet, Diseases VI the
Nervous System,'