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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30
WILLIAMSTOWN

Gertrude Jeffords is at home from a
visit to relatives in Fitchburg, Mass.
| Archie Cram Of Montpelier was at
home over Sunday with his father,
Clinton w. Cram.
Howell Seaver has a broken finger
on his right hand as the result OF a
kick from horse
Mrs Bryan Marble is in Cambridge,
the guest of her uncle, Rev. j. II. Wills.
Mrs. Rufus Allen is recovering
slowly from the effects of an accident
which happened near South Woodbury.
to the Chevrolet driven by her nus
band, there being eight persons in the
ear at the time, four adults and four
children While going up hill, Mr..
Allen tried to shift gears, but did not
succeed and the car began to run back.
He applied the brakes and these did
not hold and the car went back and
went off the end of a sluice, turning
over and going down about ten feet,
seriously damaging the top and wind
shield. Mrs. Allen was the only one
that was hurt, her back being badly
strained and bruised She is not yet
able to sit up.
Mrs. Lucy Whitney is in Barre for
few days, keeping house for some
friends on Merchant street while they
are away on a vacation.
Floyd Wilfore of Springfield was
home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Allie Wilfore, over Sunday.
Theron Williams made night trip
to Fanny Allen hospital last week,
making the run entirely in the dark,
and getting back home about four
o'clock in the morning
Robert Parker was in town last week |
on motor trip to Brattleboro with his |
mother and other relatives and stopped |
at the old spring house site in the gulf
to eat lunch. He is engaged as teacher
of shorthand in that village for the
coming school year.
W. II. Stewart and family moved
last Saturday from mill village to the
house lately bought of Herbert n.
who will remain in a part |
Of the house for the present.
Regular communication of Summit
lodge, No. l04, r and A. NJ. Wednes
day evening, Sept. /, at S o'clock.
Work, T. c. degree. All Master Masons
invited Per order w NJ.
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RANDOLPH

Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Rye left here
on Saturday in company with Mrs
Clarence Pitkin, who has been here fol
a few days, for Norfolk Downs, Mass.
where the latter, resides. The former
| will pass a week there before returning
home.
Rev. Joseph Hamilton of White Riv-
er Junction was in town over Sunday
and preached morning and evening at
the union service at the Baptist church.
Miss Southworth of Ware, Mass,
who has been in town for few weeks,
left here Saturday for her home. Miss
Nellie Ford, who was with her, will
pass few days more in this vicinity
before joining her at her home.
Mrs. L. w. Newton and her daugh-
ter, Miss Myrtle Newton, of Winchen-
don, Mass, after passing some time
here with Mr. and Mrs. Warner on
the farm, left Saturday for their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Cook and their
son, Donald Cook, left here on Satur-
day for Woonsocket, r. l., where they
will visit relatives, and will also visit
other cities before they return.
B. II. Davis of Maple street received
news of the death of brother the
last of the week and went at once to
Massachusetts to attend the funeral
Mrs. Eva Greene kimball of Law
renee, Mass, is passing several days
here on her vacation, with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Greene.
Mrs. J. c. Wells is visiting her son,
John Wells, and family this week in
East Randolph.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bruce we're in
Bethel on Saturday, to attend the flu
neral of the latter's half brother, Fred
Whitney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Montgomery,
after about week in this vicinity,
left Saturday for Bellows Falls, where.
they passed Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
r. s. Whitcomb, before returning to
their home in Allston, Mass.
+. n Rising was on the street Sat.
urday for the first time since his Sc
we're operation at the sanatorium Mr.
Rising seems TO be making salts.
factory recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. John Angel have sold
their house on Weston street to George
W. Patterson, superintendent of
schools, and will give possession about
October first II is understood that Mr.
and Mrs Angel will 90 to Connecticut,
where they have relatives to reside
temporarily at least
II is expected that Rev. r. H. Moore
and Rev, F. $. Tolman viii both re
turn this week and will be in their pull
pits next Sunday, and the services will |
assume their regular order.
Reginald Lyman of Wellesley joined |
his wife here on Saturday and will
pass few days here and with friends
in Rutland.
Mr. and Mrs Hugh Farlan of Col. |
ton, n Y, arrived here Saturday TO |
visit the latter's uncle and aunt, Mr. |
and Mrs. S. w. Howard
Mrs. Morrison. who has been passing
TWO weeks in st. Johnsbury with her
returned on Saturday and
s for the present at her home on Mer.
,hant's row in the Morton house.
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THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

upon a site consisting largely OF noun
famous clay banks and yawning ra-
vines! at couldn't be done" But. Just
the same, it was done As an old set :.
tier happily expresses it: IF hill
was in the way, they cut it down. If
a ravine interfered, they threw the hill
into it"
In ten years the population of Kansas
City, Mo, has increased from 24S,3sl to
nearly 5000; and Kansas City, Kan,
adds to the community another total
OF more than 100000 All this in 90
years, from a settlement which in the
beginning numbered only 81 Charles
Phelps Gushing in Leslies.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30

tunes-it was given him-and he sat
down and began to play softly.
He was such long time that the
assistants - at first amused grew
weary of the droning noise. The pro-
prietor was summoned, He came for.
ward and ventured to say, politely,
do you think you will take the book,
sir? Does it suit your"
The old man looked up in mild sur
prise, and said softly, Il canot tell ]
have played only half the tunes and
he placidly turned over another leaf.
-Edinburg Scotsman. 81
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30
Not to Be Hurried in Making Up His
Mind

Music shops of any pretensions con
tain at least one piano for the use of
customers, which is privilege not in
frequently abused. An old man en-
tered a fashionable music shop the 9th
err day and asked for a certain book of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30
EAST BARRE

Baseball. Granite,ille a G.. V. Roy.
al Colorcd Giants Tuesday. Aug. 81
at Gazeley's park az 4.3O.-adv.
The Red Men aud Foresters Of East
Barre viii play series Of baseball
games at East Barre. the second game
TO be played Tuesday. Aug. 81, at so
p ~ Admission, ljc adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30
Glad She Does.

How you can stand your wife's
spending her time at club and suffrage
meetings beats me. If were you'd
tell her she should be home doing the
cooking"
IN be hanged if you would, if you
knew what kind of cook she IS
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30

Those fresh cows M. L. Towne has
advertised are both good for the eyes
and income. adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30
HEBSTERVILLE

The Red Men and Foresters II last
Barre viii play series 81 bs seball
games At East Barre. the second game
10 b. played Tuesday, Aug. 81. 81 i.5e
p. N. Admission. l5c.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

wANTED-A man 20 wait on retail trade
in a general rCtzii store where milk. bat
ter ice cream and ezra are spccialtiss
would expect q man 70 be Agreeable. tnrr-
grtc and Try TO increase the business ap-
ply ~ lettsr only to x" care Of Times
cfbce. 1878
WANTED furnished room for mother
and child. central locaticn. uar1iss 20 eare
for child while mother l. ct uork write
70 K j." care Tines lGeu
BOARD AND RooM-To schooi girls rrite
at once % z" care Times ofiee. lszt2
UNROoFED JULY q. IS We werc b. IRE
necsssitats- dispoainF % al ny stock
eons istinx - thre- horses. IS ouEs. SEVEN
now frssh. thru gzriinrs. 10 tub and
thrcc-y.ar-oid hsifcrr. mostly rzde Hal-
stems shail ssil suhicct 20 tsst ~ fast IS
b1gen sfpezr. ~ L. T5~re phone zl4-x
itzd
WANTED LsttereI. also nan who ezn
starp@n snd cuf strne Carr@nter Bar.
are Fiasashurwh ~ ~ Ea2rz
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Apt Illustration.

johnny said the teacher, -osn you
tell me the meaning II the word re
pentant"r-
Yes. mann answered Johnny
-lt's how . fsllow feels when b. -sts
rauzht. STRAY Stories
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30
Gard Of Thanks.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Sargent Of
Woodsville, y. H.. wish to thank all
who 20 buuntifully remembered them
on their JOth wedding anniversary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-30

MONDAY, AUGUST 80, 1920.
The Weather.

Partly cloudy, probably with showers
tonight and Tuesday; slightly cooler
in the interior Tuesday; gentle to mod
crate south and southwest winds.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Two Men Accused Of
Abduciing Girls of Is
Arrested for Stealing Auto, They
Said They We're About 10
Narry COnnaniOns

Leonard Zaccora, twenty two years
old, chauffeur and Barney Lanzero.
twenty years old, machinist's helper.
who pleaded guilty yesterday to steal
ing an automobile, were held in S. 900
bail each by Magistrate George "
Simpson in Morrisania court. They
We're then held in 50 800 bail each on
short atfidavits charging they abducted
Josephine Nata!o. fifteen years old. Of
3l67 Villa Avenue, the Bronx, and
Rose Maiclla, fifteen years old, of 1896
Villa Avenue, the Bronx.
Their arrest was caused after Louis
Schneck, a manufacturer of 1855 Grand
CoGcourse, had reported that his car
had been stolen from in front of his
home Patrolman Thomas Hough, of
the Bronx Park station, noticed the two
men and the girls in a car answering
its description, and took them to the
station. 1t was found the girls had been
missing from their homes since De
cembcr l. The youths admitted, the
police say. taking the girls to a house
in West Nineteenth Street, and said
they were going to take them to Phila-
delphia to he married yesterday. Ia
cora lives at lS6 East 2o6th Street, and
Lanzoro at 1904 Villa Avenue, the
Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Turn On Light in Crime
" are, DIR. Young U.ges
Brookfyn Pastor Commends the
Press for It's Rere!ntion Of
"4ppn{lins Facts" for Public

The Rev. Dr. s. Edward Young in
the Bedford Presbyterian Church,
Brooklyn, last night commended the
newspapers for publishing the appall-
ing facts relative to crime in this city
"Crooks and the underworld in gen
cral have sort of wireless" ne
said, that flashes such news on the
instant, and it needs no coding to be
understood by all their ilk. The people
who do not know vice conditions till
they stare al them in headlines are the
respectable, law abiding citizens"
Dr. Young declared that tithc of
the criminallty now curslng New York
would nave shocked the city into or
ganzing vigilance committees a gen
GRAFTON ago. He added:
Turn on the light. 1t Will not ap-
preciably attract criminals from else
where. and it will, let us hope, arouse
our own people 70 act. Public senti-
ment is the only force iniquity can
not 20 up against, and the only way
to create public sentiment is TO put
the facts before the public. When the
pcoplc arc fully informed only two
classes Will suffer thereby-the perpe-
traitors Of crime and the officials who
do not DO everything possible to stop
them. Meanwhile it would not be amiss
for every man and woman to Sc a kind of
appointed detective and vigilance
officer for the immediate neighborhoo ood
ignorance and inactivity never did
make a righteous community or even a
righteous IndIvidualn
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

you'd in no Use ooaaict. n fact both
are necessary"
Members Of the Lockwood committee
declared that that tody could not. as
had been explained by lts chief counsel.
Samuel Ontermyer, 20 thoroughly INTO
Sraft conditions
Machold For Investigation
II. Edmund Machold, who is slated
by the Republican leaders to be Speaker
OF the Assembly, and against whose
candidacy no opposition Of any moment
mas developed, when he wax here ten
days AGO, expressed the opinion that
tn LeGisla sure would order an inves-
tigatlon Of the Nylan regime "if the
inquiries now under way show beyond
question that serious abuses exist
which cannot otherwise be corrccted.'
Since then. i'm the opinion of impar-
tai observers, the inquiries have shown
that such abuses exist, and that they
cannot be corrected save by broad
investigation, such as only LegiSla~
tive committee can make.
New York City members OF the Leg
lsiaturc, without exception. who have
been interviewed BY The Tribune have
declared that an investigation Of the
IamMany- Wan regime is imperative.
Members Of the Board Of Aldermen
have given similar expressions of opin-
ion. Republican members of the board,
notably William L. Quinn and Bruce
NJ. taiconer, have sought to have the
llElan administration Investigated by
the board with a view OF runhin4, down
the charges OF graft which have
reached their ears.
Falconer Urges City Wide Probe
"By all MEANS" Alderman Falconer
said, "let Us have legislative investi-
cation Of the Tammany~l iylan admin
lstratlon and its departments; of the
city contracts in connection with col
lusive bidding, and the relations be-
tween politicians who have become Sc
cretly rich and corrupt contractors and
others. Let the light in and the truth
out.
There was never so great q need for
a thorough, city-Widc investigation Of
the whole administration by the state
Lcgi stature as now. That the need and
time for it hos arrived ! am convinced
through what | have seen and heard
during the last three years. Often dur
ing these years | have had cause for
time and facilities to pursue in person
all the lines Of independent investiga-
tiop which have suggested themselves
to me because Of information | have
received.
''As an Alderman and citizen who
is ashamed Of the city government and
fears for the city's future, believe
that q legislative Investigation of the
city government would do the city un-
told. far-reaching, permanent benefit
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Is Rich Planters Young
y ife Bride Of His Son?
Special Dispatch to The Tr4byn.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 5-Did Mrs.
Bertie Brooks, pretty young wife Of
William H. Brooks. rich planter Of
etumpka, Ala, marry her husband 5
son in Louisville March Is, 1920
The police here say this question IS
answered by the marriage license rec
ords, which show that the son, Austin
Roscoe j., ks, former army officer at
Camp Zachary Taylor, and "Miss
bert!e Buuearner" were married in
the City Hail here on that date. This
was Mrs. Brooks's maiden name. Both
gave their former home in towns in
North Carolina IL applying for mar
riage license.
The elder Brooks notified the police
here that his wife and his son left
Road Hill, \. c., his former home. Jan
uary l, and that al efforts to locate
them proved futile. If his wife has OBJ
tanned divorce from him he has never
been advised of any proceedings.
III you can inform re OF their
whereabouts it VIII be Of greatest I'M
portance to me-" Mr.. Brooks's commu-
nication read, but he made no effort
to explain ms meaning. However, he
asked that the couple not be arrested
until he was notified, in case they
were found.
Mr.. Brooks said ne had information
that the couple had been residing in
Louisville, but the police here have
been unablc TO locate them. The
woman is twenty-four years old and
the son IS twenty years old. He served
overseas with the lst Division.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

onrtnent, which has been Published
1UriNS The present week in The Erln-
Nnc. would be sufficient reason for the
creation Of legislative comm ttee to
investigate the Hylan adm nistyation.
Murder and robbery OF late has become
sueA .ine art. or else the police under
Mayor Hylan have become SO rnef-
Scient. that robbers and asSASsins have
seemingly no fear Of detection in this
city. Other ncwspaperS eave called at.
tention to this wave OF crime, which
would have been q disgrace TO a dis
solute mining camp in the early days.
Sut the only visible effect the news
paper publication Of crime conditions
has been TO provoke the Mayor and the
Police Commiss into an inter
change Of letters attacking the press
and rraising themselves
Assem- blyman Steinberg, who Will
fsther the resolution in the lower
house. recchoed the sentiments of SEN
Ator Robinson. adding:
The trial OF graft leads straight to
Iammany Hail And Legislative in
vestigating committee. charged with
following this trail. viii unmask the
villanies which have been practiced
here for the last three years, with a
-lshcartened cltzenry LOOKING nelp-
iesslv on. Police conditions, as re-
vealed by The Tribune in the last week,
all for correction and probing
Something Rotten, Says Simpson
William T. Simpson, Of Brooklyn,
who resigned from the Assembly TO 60
overseas with the A. f. T.. and who
vas elected TO the Senate by his con-
-tltuents at the last election, enthusl-
ssrically Endorsed the proposed investl-
cation Yesterday
"Whlle shah introduce q resolution
calling for a non-partisan lnvestlga-
A. Of the methods Of administrations.
s3 q view 10 revising the charter.
30 as to prevent, IN so far as IS pos
sible a recurrence of some Of the things
which have been happening under the
Hylan Administrations he SAID, II am
convinced with Senator Robinson that
there should be separate investigate
ing committee to delve into the charges
and counter charges of corruptlon IN
the city. not only in the municipal
departments, but in the county Offices.
The mere reading OF the newspapers
alone shows that there must be some
thing rotten. \ grand jury IS neces-
sarny Handicapped by the fact that It's
Jurisdiction is cOtermlnouS with the
county boundary lines. But a Legisla
i've Investigating committee would not
De under any such handicap, as II can
nold its sessions anywhere in the state,
and consequently could sit in all of the
five counties comprising New York City
If need be. The two Investigations
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Two Held as
Park Murder
Gang Leaders
EN-Service Man, Charged
With killing Frank Bar
bour, Said to Have Led
Band Preying on Idle Rich
Other Crimes Suspected
Arrests Follow the Alleged
Confession of the Sailor
That He Slew Waters

Charles II. Benner. alias Whitley
Nolan, and Edward Kohn, both ex-ser-
vice men and alleged to be members
of band that for many months has
been preying upon men in the vicmities
of Times Square and Central Park,
were arrested yesterday in connection
with the killing of Frank Barbour, near
Seventy second Street and Central Park
" Jest, on November 20.
Bcnner is charged with the actual
killing of Barbour. Kohn, according to
the police, has confessed to witnessing
the killing and says Benner fred the
shot that ended Barbour's life.
The arrest of Bcnner and Kohn at
the Penn Post Hotel, where Benner had
room, followed an alleged confession
by John Reldy, navy deserter, VINO in
signed statement to the police Satur-
day night, admitted that he was the
slayer of Leeds Vaughn Waters, who
was choked to death in a room IN the
plymouth Hotel, 257 West Thirty
eighth Street, on the night Of No
vcmber g.
Say Benner Shot Barbour
According to the police, Rei1y con-
fessed that he was with Benner and
kohn when Bcnner, accused of being
the leader If the band, intercepted
Barbour and asked him for a match
Roldy, according to the police. said
Eenner first dealt Barbour & blow with
his fist and then shot him. Barbour
was killed instantly
The attacking party fled, according
TO Reidy's statement. Joseph Becker,
It sailor and now a prisoner at Bay
Ridge, l.. L. is alleged to have been
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

East Nineteenth Street, held
up and robbed Of $4,000 pay
roll.
saloon at 1886 Third Avenue
held up by two men.
Three guests at the Hotel
Grand robbed.
store at 3l5 Fifth Avenue,
Brook yin. robbed.
BARBER shop at 1904 Church
Avenue, Brooklyn, robbed.
Henry Steinman, of Jamaica,
dragged from his automobile
cy four men and robbed after
being beaten unconscious.
The thieves got $500.
7our alleged burglars, one Of
them woman, arrested after
the robbery in the tailor shop
Of Mike Lesson, at 557 West
10th Street.
Home Of Mrs. Marie Stetson,
a concert singer, 3S9 Lincoln
Place, Brooklyn, robbed.
Spero- Michael Company, cloth
ing manufacturers. - East
Fourteenth Street, visited by
safe blowers, who. after de-
stroylng the safe. escaped
with So, 900.
Asphis & Rottenberg. cloth
ing manufacturers, 7 East
Seventeenth Street, robbed.
Tailor shop at So Center
Street robbed.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

another witness TO the tragedy and to
have notified the police of the killing
Becker, it is alleged, said he was not
acquainted with the men who did the
killing and. according to the police,
said he thought he was to be the OBJ
lect of attack by highwaymen when
he saw them stop Barbour.
Reidy's statements of Saturday and
Sunday, according to the police, not
only clear up the mystery that has
attached tt two recent murders, but
have given detectives and investi
gators for the Naval Intelligence Bu-
reau material by which they hope to
make complete roundup of a score
or more of men, svme Of them eX-
sailors and soldiers, and others who
never were in the service, but who
wear the uniform of the army or navy.
preyed on Idle Men With Money
According TO Inspector John Cough
lin and Thomas J. Sheehan. an investi-
gator for the Naval Intelligence Bu-
reau, band of twenty or more have
Systematically conducted campaign
in the Times Square and Central Park
sections, their victims being idle men
who have plentv OF money and who
lufest the regio,~ Of the bright lights
RelGy's statement, the police assert
indicates that the gang members ap-
peared III service uniform or civilian
attire, as occasion warranted; that
they spotted their victims III the lch-
bics of the big hotels or in the Sa-
looms of ssthe Tenderloin section, anC
that they themselves frequently occu-
pied rooms at the better class hotels.
The police allege that the gang mem
bers had concentrating point u ons
Of the cheaper hotels and there they
reviewed their work of the nigh nefor'
and plannd for the future.
It is alleged by the police that
Reidy's statement shows that after the
killing OF Barbour the principals II
the tragedy and others who had E
knowledge Of it held a conference al
a hotel in Thirty-hrst Street. and there
pledged that under no circumstances
regardless of what might happen
would any member tell what he knew
Shot Victim in Fear
The police assert that members o.
the band were not above doing rob
berry in the regular fashion of the
highway. The killing of Barbour, il
is alleged, was the result Of plar
merely to hold him up and take his
money. Barbour resisted. and Benncr
it is alleged, fearing his man, de
cided 10 shoot.
Becker, the sailor now held at the
naval base at Bay Ridge, was brough
TO Headquarters last night, but refuse.
to identity Benner or Kohn. Nor, il
spite of severe grilling on the par
of police and naval investigators, woul,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Saloonkeeper Attacked by
Five Taxi Bandits and Shot

Michael J. Grogan, ffty-onc years
Of u saloon at Wales Avenue and 143.h
Street, the Bronx had closed his place
Of business last night and was starting
TO his home when five men in a taxi
cab drew up in front of the cafe and
began firing at him.
One of the bullets entered Crogan's
lcg, fracturing Il bone. Grogan 'vas
sent to the Lincoln Hospital. Tie men
escaped. Grogan said he did not recog-
nzed his assailants, nor could he i'd
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

ferryboata on the day of the Wall
street explosion, and that other in
stances We're discovered where the men
had been engaged in investigating VIC
lations Of health ordinances.
"Thats absolutely absurd assorted
the Commissioner. NO members OF
the present bomb squad were ever sent
out to serve summonses. They dc
nothing but bomb work"
When Commissioner Enrlght went
ashore at Pier 10 there We're no mem
bers OF the Police Department on hand
to greet hlm There wasn't even q
pAtrolman in sight. His twin-six linn
CUISINE was at the pier entrance, and
in this the Commissioner and Mrs. En-
right were driven to Brooklyn.
Before Nr Enright left the pier he
told reporter Tor a news agency that
he would probably have public state
ment to make after he had been back
at his desk for a few days.