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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
Was Begun Immediately
After Arson Best Had
Been Found Guilty
CALLED TO HEAVEN TO
WITNESS INNOCENCE
Denied Had Ever Known
Vera Schneider, Whom He
Was Accused of Killing

Ponaic, Mich, May s.-Anson Best
convicted last night of the murder OF
Vera Schneider, telephone operator
and sentenced to life imprisonment at
Marquette, will not be taken to the
northern prison Immediately. A move
ment to finance an appeal by popular
subscription begun Immediately after
the verdict, was being continued to-
day.
In his slater before sentence was
pronounced Best called upon heaven
to witness his innocence, and a purse
was Immediately started. 1t was said
to contain 81 900 to-day.
The prisoner in his direct testimony
and on cross examination, maintained
he had never known Miss Schneider
and that the confession offered by the
prosecution was obtained from him
under duress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
COLLEGE STUDENT EXPELLED.
Dwight L. Moody of Middlebury Dis
obeyed Faculty's Order.

Middlebury, May s.--No little sur
prise was created among the student
body Of Middlebury college Friday
morning, when President John NJ.
Thomas announced at chapel exercises
that Dwight L. Moody, a member of
the Junior class, had been expelled from
the college. The cause for expulsion is
alleged 10 have been disobedienee Of or
ders of one of the faculty, in publishing
an article in a recent issue of The
Campus, a paper published by the stu
dents. II is also alleged that there were
other causes.
During Moody's editorship Of The
Campus. the students had taken vote
as to whether the faculty should have
authoritative force a. 60 what should
be published in The Campus, and by a
large majority voted that the faculty
should have only advisory power. The
recent issue Of The Campus which con
tanned an article on the Lawrence con
troversy was seized and destroyed by
the faculty Moody's expulsion was the
outcome Of a meeting OF the president
and the faculty held Friday morning.
Young Moody is the son OF Rev. and
Mrs. George NJ. Moody of Pittsheld.
Mass. former residents Of Nliddlebury
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
GREAT HISTORIC VALUE.
Attached to Relics Of Incas, Avtecs
And Other Ancient People.

Philadelphia, May s-Gold orna-
ments. idols. crowns, armor and other
relics Of great historic value, which
date from the civilizations Of the lncas,
Aztecs and other Mexican and Central
and South American peoples are con
tanned in a collection Of 800 specimens
recently placed on view for the first
time in the museum Of the University
OF Pennsylvania.
The exhibit was only recently
brought to It's present completeness
by the purchase of objects. which had
been in possession Of noble French
family for generations, but which were
sold at Paris because the family was
impoverished
Gold was used by the Aztecs and In
cas- only for ornaments religious EN-
blems and attire. These objects. ship
ped to Spain by Pizzaro, Cortez and
other in the 10th and 18th centuries.
were melted and coined This explains
the rarity Of the original golden OBJ
jects.
A grave recently opened in Colombia
proved q rich trove Of them II was
apparently the burying place Of a prin-
cess. Enough golden ornaments were
discovered, completely to clothe a mod
ern woman for her appearance in
ballroom. There were. besides a crown
breast plate. girdie. armlets and va
rious other appendages. aside from a
great quantity # jewels. Rings and
necklaces of amazing beauty are among
the objects
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
MEXICAN RAILWAY CUT.
The Telegraph Wires Were Also Cut
By Rebels.

Laredo. May s.-The national rail
wav of Mexico, the most important
line connecting Mexico City with the
American border. was cut by Mexican
rebels yesterday at Lampazos, GO miles
south OF the border. Telegraph wires
also were cut and no news could be OBJ
tanned of military train carrying re-
inforcements numbering 400 for the
garrison at Nuevo Laredo, opposite
Laredo The troops were being rushed
from Monterey to Nuevo laredo, fol
lowing the mutiny Of nearly 100
mounted customs guards last night.
The customs guards, who also de-
clared allegiance to the Sonora revolu-
tion, fed the Mexican city after ex-
changing shots with Carranza soldiers
Thursday night. and last night were
reported to be at Colombia, a border
town - miles northwest of Laredo.
1t was reported they were adding re-
Inducements and equipping themselves
for an attack on Nuevo laredo. Re
ports that they had already demanded
surrender Of the Gity could not be con
frmed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
DONOR OF 500, 900 W As
CARNEGIE CORPORATION
Announcement Made By Commissioner
Hillegas--Total Sum Desired Is
100000 And May Be
Forthcoming Soon.

Before leaving for New York Friday,
Dr. NJ. b. Hillcgas announced the donor
OF the 100000 gift to the proposed
teacher training school 1t is the
Carnegie corporation, which has moth
ing to do with the Carnegie foundation
that made the investigation of the edu
cGtional system OF Vermont some years
ago. ii wcs not expected that the don
or's name would be given out until lat
er. but conditions developed so that it
seemed best to made the announce
ment. II seemed to have leaked out
among some of those who have been
close to the project. There are no
strings on the gift and it is possible
that the amount may be increased
later.
Vermont is the first state to be
helped on a plan after this nature, but
her school system is in such a form
that the corporation saw il could, by
working out a plan in the little state,
do the country at large a benefit in
education. The plan provides for
buildings to accommodate 500 teach
err for the rural schools in teacher
training work at a cost, after the es-,
tablishment that will not be much
larger, if any, than ia paid to-day for
training its teachers through the diff
ferent schools.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
Lauck Asserts That the
Cause of All Economic
Instability, In dus trial
Unrest. ETC., Has Been
High Prices and Profit
eering by Organized Cap
ital and Middlemen and
Retailers.

Washington, d. c., May s.-A mini
mum of $500 year is necessary Tor
the support of an American family of
five. w. Jett Lauck, consulting econo-
mist for the railroad brotherhoods, as
serted to-day before the railroad labor
board. Mr.. Lauek, who yesterday
charged corporate profiteers with be-
ing chiefly responsible for the present
living costs, presented to-day a de-
mand on behalf of the 100000 railway
employees for the establishment of a
minimum wage throughout the indus
try. He presented to the board a com
pilation of budgets on the cost of liv-
ing based on studies made under his
supervision and by federal and state
agencies.
at is impossible" he said for a
family of five in the United States to
maintain itself even in decent poverty
under existing conditions for a penny
less than $500 a year
His estimate, he said, was supported
by government agencies and quoted the
estimate made by Professor Royal ;.
Meeker, commissioner of labor 1tatis-
tics in August, 1919. The estimate was
81 .262 The estimate for May, he in
sisted, should be 1888.
Mr. Lauck, in his statement, declared
that "the fundamental cause of all eco
nomic instability, all industrial unrest,
all Interruptions of production and dis
tribution has been high prices and prof
iteering by organized capital and mid
dlemen and retailers"
Tn concluding, the brotherhood
spokesman requested that the board
curtail its examination of wage data
and proceed Immediately TO the deter
mination of the question of what cen
stitutes a living wage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
ROMANTIC CAREER ENDED
Born to Peasant Girl But Acknowl-
edged by Late Archduke of Austria.

Budapest, May s.--Death has closed
the romantic career of Baron Ernest
Wallburg. Born to a peasant girl and
acknowledged as son by the late Arch
duke Ernest, through the action of the
late Emperor Francis Joseph, he was
given the title of Baron and received
a princely allowance and a liberal edu.
cation. but his allowance was reduced
when he married a poor girl and was
later cut off entirely, after he had
attempted TO obtain a restitution of
his rights through the courts.
During the last few years Of his life,
Baron Ernest lived with his wife and
six children in a two-room fiat amid
every evidence of extreme poverty. At
one time he served as waiter in a
coffee house. where il was the custom
Ia give him as a tip seven silver crowns
as recognition of the seven branches of
his baronial crown He died in a hos
pital here early this week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
INFANTS BODY FOUND
nv HEAP OF RUBBISH
Authorities Traced Out the Mystery
and Are Said to Have Secured
Admission of Motherhood from
Girl Formerly En-
ployed in Barre.

Through the prompt work OF State $
Attorney i. r. Davis, the sheriff's de-
partment, the police department and
District Health Officer C. H. Burr, the
mystery regarding the discovery OF the
body of an infant in box in the rear
of the Wood building on North Main
street was partially cleared up to-day,
and it remains to be determined wheth-
er or not the child was alive when born.
The discovery came about in rath-
er odd way. On Thursday Fri Whit
comb was engaged in carrying away
quantity of waste matter from the
rear OF the Wood block, the rubbish in
cluding boxes and barrels of refuse.
When he carried the stuff to the city
dump. the contents of the boxes were
quickly examined by woman who was
looking over the deposits on the dump
On opening a small-sized box, the WON
an was Mortified to find the body OF an
infant, and she quickly informed the
driver of the team.
The little body was brought back to
the city and eventually the matter
came under the cognizance of the au-
tn0flIles. DN using sulit tNiuNhNN iSa'u
in the box, chiefly note which had
been torn up, the authorities were able
to trace the supposed mother OF the
child to a place outside the city. The
officials visited this young woman, and
they state that the girl admitted being
the mother of the child. The tracing OF
the case was made somewhat easier by
the labelling stamped on the outside OF
the wooden box. The girl had been
employed in Barre during the past
winter.
The body was probably deposited
back of the Wood block early in the
winter. as the rubbish had been accu-
mulating since December; and the po-
sition of the box in the pile was such
as to Indicate that it had been placed
there as early as December, 1t is un-
derstood from the alleged confession
of the girl that she did not herself
carry the box to the place who're 1t
was found. The body was considerably
decomposed and, therefore, in such
state that the work of determining
whether the child was born alive will
be difficult.
The authorities are awaiting the re-
suit of the medical examination be-
fore deciding upon any further course
of action. "
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
GERMANS SEEK FOOD PARCELS
Which Are Being Distributed Through
American Relief Administration.

Berlin. May s.--Now that contents
of the food parcels distributed through
TIE American relief administration
warehouses are becoming better
known. thousands Of Germans without
relatives or friends in the United
States. unable to secure the required
food drafts. are seeking other means
of obtaining one Of "Hoover's prize
packages"
Since opening the Berlin branch on
Inter Den Linden. the American relief
officials have been swamped with ap-
plications from Germans. who are anx-
ious to pay any necessary price. even
AZ the prevailing rate Of exchange.
They are uniformly told that the par
crIs are not purchasable except through
the mediation If an American citizen.
who would supply the required food
draft.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
BURGLARY AT BRATTLEBoRo.
And Two More Attempted Burgiaries
Were Revealed

Brattleboro. Nav S.-One burglary
and two attempted burglaries were dis.
covered yesterday when the owners cf
business places opened for the day.
Don n. Scovill's restaurant in the
basement Of the Barber building at
The corner Of Main and Flax streets
was entered. the burglar prying open
a door into the restaurant corridor
from the interior 81 the building near
me elevator. About SIS in bills aud
coin and some cigarettes were stolen.
The restaurant was entered about a
wear ago and some money was taken.
someone also entered the hallray
between ". +. Sturges' barber shop
and Ernest VI. DeAngeiis' shoe shop
and tried unsuccessfully g pry open
the doors of both places.
A large number Of petty hreak- have
been committed in this village receut
Iv and states Attorney =. ". Sib-
son has traced several of them e. .
company 81 youths
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
THREATEN WOOD BOOM.
Sen. Kenyon Says Dupont Interests
Plan an Attack.

Washington. May s (By the Associ-
ated Press Major General Woods
presidential candidacy was the vehicle
Tor another shower of fireworks in the
Senate yesterday. when Senator Ken
Won. Republican, Of Iowa, charged that
the DUPONT interests virtually Lad
threatened 20 attack the Wood boom
unless Senator Moses Of New Hamp-
shire. one Of the generals campaign
managers. desisted in his opposition to
the pending bin to protect an Ameri-
can dyestufF industry.
The DaPonts are the largest Ameu-
can manufacturers Of dycstuffs. snd
Senator Kenyon reading. BY permis-
sion 81 General Wood and senator
Moses. . letter to the latter signed
bv Charles X Weston. manager of The
DUPONT publicity bureau. declared L
was certainly u the nature Il 2
threat
The bin. which Is described BY it,
sponsor a. framed % foster an Amer
can dvestuf industry snd prevent Ger
MANY rezsiniur = world control q the
business. with - potential influence ~
the production of var munitions vas
aruareutlv having e quiet t5me sena-
to- 1sughuvsen. Republican. q New
Jersey rad imsa finished telling she
senate that pro-asrrmau influences
were working to defeat the bsil. boast-
ing that they had prevented thr luitet
Statrs frau entering the 8gestuGs feld
before the Wsr anS hope8 io A. 2
again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
APPOINTMENT
ASs,lREET MAN
4 !. Freeman's Name to
g 90 Before Aldermen
Next Tuesday
TO TAKE PLACE OF J. C.
DEBRUNE, RESIGNED
Mr.. Freeman Has Had Con-
siderable Experience
in Road Work

An appointment as street superin-
tendent to succeed Jesse G. DeBrunc,
who concluded his duties to-day fol.
lowing his resignation in order to ena
gage with the recently formed Nelson
Lumber 60. of Barre, has been made
by Mayor Langley in the person OF
A. A. Freeman, a native of Barre, who
has been away from the city for many
years, but who is again residing in
Barre, being located at l53 Seminary
street. The appointment comes before
the board of aldermen for confirmation
at the regular meeting of the board
next Tuesday evening, and in anticipa-
tion that confirmation will be forth
coming the new appointee has been in
structed TO begin the routine of the
work.
Accordingly, Mr. Freeman has been
going over as much as possible of the
duties of street superintendent during
the past day, getting in touch with the
various phases of the departments ae-
tivity and familiarizing himself with
the methods successfully carried out
by the department.
Mr.. Freeman is already somewhat
familiar with road construction and
road maintenance under varying condi-
tions. On removing from Barre some
years ago he became engaged as super
intendent Of the great Patten farm in
South Natick. Mass, on which farm
there are sixteen miles of road, or
about one third as much as in the city
of Barre. He remained as superin-
tendent of the Patten farm for six
years and when that property was sold
he moved to Sandown, Y. H.. where he
purchased a farm and resided for some
years. While living in Sandown, Mr.,
Freeman served as road commissioner
of that town for three years. Thus it
will be noted that he has had expert
ence in road work and has had the
advantage of practical demonstration
Of road making and maintenance
Mr.. Freeman was son-in-law of the
late Lucius H. Thurston, a longtime
city official.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
2,5OO,OOO RAILWAY MEN
ASK 4 MINIMUM WAGE
THROUGHOUT INDUSTRY
WHATEVER THE RESULT
TROUBLE is FEARED
After the Taking of Plebiscite in Upper
Silesia Between Poles and
Germans.

Berlin, May s.-Whatever the out
come of the election in upper Silesia,
there will be trouble, in the view OF a
large number of upper Silesian Ger
mans and Poles, with whom an Asso-
cie ted Press correspondent talked dur
ing an extensive tour of the plebiscite
zone. This also is the view of many
neutras, who have studied the situ-
alton, which is regarded as one of the
most interesting in central Europe.
Entente officials in upper Silesia
were reluctant to discuss the question
OF the future of that great mining dis
trict, but ii is SAID some believe that
if the Poles win, the removal of 500
of the most active German agitators
from the district would ensure peace.
The interallied commission is now
the subject of sharp criticism by Pol
ish sympathizers, who complain that
it failed to take the necessary meas
ures Sunday last to protect Polish
demonstrators from German attacks,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
CROSSED RIOS RIVER. ,
Poles and Ukrainians in Drive South
OF Kiev.

Warsaw, May 7 (By the Associated
Press 49, Pushing northeasterly towards
the Dneiper, the Poles and Ukrainians
to-day crossed the Ros river and cap
tured Bialatserkiev, 40 miles of Kiey,
and Rokitns in force. The drive began
in the Skvira region, continuing east
ward and then northeasterly as part
of the encircling movement about Kiev.
Bialatserkiev was the Polish gate.
way during the Tartar invasions. There
stands the Polish defending castle built
in 1915, and this the bolsheviki used
against the Poles. The castle was taken
in hand to hand fighting. the bolsheviki
finally Withdrawing northward towards
Kiev.
The newspapers of Warsaw say il
has been ascertained that half of the
$50 Ukrainian officers who surrendered
to the Poles were Germans. These
were part Of the 10000 previously
fighting with General Denikine. who
surrendered soon after the Polish OF
fensive was begun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
SPAULDING'S HONOR LIST
For Six Weeks Ending April 80 An
nounced This Week.

The honor list of students in Spauld-
ing high school for the six week, end
ing April 30 is as follows;
First honor: Freshmen RodericS
Morrison, Sarah Sector. Rachel Spear,
Hazel Tomasi; .sophomores Marjorie
Smith; juniors-Elyira Sowden; seniors
-Lucchina.
Second honor: Freshmen Rachel
Bilodeau, Mabel Cheeser, Charles Ems
lie. Eleanor AlacAulay. Mary Riddell,
Arthur Rivard, Margaret Nerones, Mar
garet Walker, Helen Wilson; sopho-
mores - George Cruickshank, Arthur
Mason; juniors-Doris Davis, Gretchen
Ligouri. Mary Loearno, Louis Noalc,
seniors Mary Geals, Leslie Ladd, Mar
guerite Howe. Floyd Mitchell. Aldo Po-
letti, Carroll Tucker, Lena Nalli.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
LEFT WITH COMMITTEE.
That Was the Result of the New York
Conference

The latest report from the special
convention of the International Monu-
mental Granite Producers association,
which concluded its business at the
Hotel Biltmore in New York May ., is
given out as follows;
From far and near members OF the
H. NJ. G. p. A. came to New York TO
discuss the labor strikes which are
tving up practically all of the granite
Industries in the United States and
Canada The quarters and manufac-
turers unanimously expressed the SEN
timent that collective bargaining is at
stake. and that il the Granite Cutters
international association. with which
the employers have been dealing. CON
tinue TO remain on strike and ignore
their agreement, such course may
seriously injure the industry.
After reports from all eenters ana
a careful discussion, representative
committee of Il was appointed to bring
in recommendations TO the convention.
ON Nav 5 the committee of Ia unam-
mously reported resolution, the sub
stance of which is given out as follows;
's"That we fully indorse all the acts
Of our officers and special labor com
mittee. and promise them our 1ndivid-
ed support, and leave in their hands
the adjustment Of the whole labor
situation.
Later. the officers of the association
turned over the entire matter TO the
special labor committee.
"The president OF the |. NJ. G. p. a.
is :. Hollister Jackson Of Barre, VT,
and the members of the special labor
committee are: s Hollister Jackson,
chairman ex -oflicio, Thomas Bishop and
II. c. Smalley of Quincy, Mass, O. ;.
smith of Westerly. r. l., George Strait
on and J. I. Marion of Barre, Vt, W.
J. Rohmer Of ST. Cloud. Mimi. W. J..
Clifford Of Hardwick, Vt, ]. {. Sar-
gent Of Mt Airy. \. C., and II. C.
Fletcher Of West Chelmsford, Mass.
Most Of the producers representing
the Barre Quarters & Manufacturers
returned home last night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08

Reports that Kiev had fallen were
current in Warsaw on Monday of this
week, but subsequent developments
showed these reports TO have been er,
roneOus. To-day's sdvices from the
soviet side, however, seem to leave no
room for doubt that the Polish cam
paign for possession of the city has
been at least temporarily successful,
Kiev. city of 100000 or more pop
ulation before the war, is the capital
of the Ukraine. The town has changed
hands several times during the fight
ing between contending groups in
Ukrainian territory and the conflict be
tween the Denikine forces and the bol.
sheyiki. The latter have been in pos
session of it since last December. tax
ing the city during the collapse of the
Denikine army in southern Russia,
Kiev has been looked upon from the
entente side as valuable outpost at
strategic point against the advance
Of bolshevism in central Europe, along
the extended line stretching from the
Baltic TO the Black sea.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-08
NEW WORLD FLIGHT RECORD.
Pilot and Three Passengers Assembled
I6,7oo Feet.

AIineola. May s.-Clarence Coombs,
plotting an Orenoo plane with three
passengers and himself, rose to height
of 1920 feet, new worlds record,
over Mitchell field here late yesterday.
The record is vouched for by officials
of the American Flying club.
The previous record for four passen-
gers. according to officials Of the flying
club, was approximately l2,4OO feet.
While the exact time was not taken,
unofficial estimates placed If at one
hour and 10 minutes. The plane was
q $50 50-horsepower motor.
Coombs was formerly sergeant in
the American army air service. HIS
passengers included representative Of
the company manufacturing the plane
and two newspaper men.