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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-11
DUTCH WILL CLING
To THE EX.KA|SER
Holland Again Refuses to De-
liver William to Allies for
Trial But Will Guarantee He
vii! Not Escape

The Hague March 5.--Ouce moro tho
DUTCH government refuses to hand Will
liam NohenZollcrn over 90 tho allies. The
koVerninent promises, however. to Keep
an eye oN the ex-<aiscr, ard to give ad-
kuranoe ;hat he will not be given not too
hluc;i liocrty or again threaten the peace
bt the world Tnis much is said in . noto
70 Lloyd George. the British premier.
The Dutch government. while ap-
preciating the motives artuating the allies
lieclarss its Inability 10 change its pre-
Vious dccis,ors. IT says L Is rot forgetfu'
ps tho inf'.men acts committed during
ne wal bul since Holland is not party
to the Versailles treaty, the Queens gov
erlrdent finds itself in different position
Prom other powers with regard to these
sc.s
Since tho governments supreme duty
Is - respect the constitutional laws OF
khe kingdom" the note continues. 1T
can only emphasize that it would be COM
rnitting al act contrary to law and JUS
ice ard Incompatible with the nauor8l
honor if it consented 20 violate those laws
by atclishin3 tho rights accorded to Il
Dug ave finding himself on Dutch terri
tory"
Protesting that this attitude does not
put Holland outside tho community of
nat.ons. the noto declares Holland Is
ElIy conscious of the duties the presence
Of tie former Emperor lay on the Meth
erlande government with regard to the
country'a own interests. az well as in
sarnauoral security.
The not protests thai, contrary
to the impression derived from the
allied note, tho Dutch government
from thc beginning has observed the oh
etgations entailed by these duties.
The government. the note says, will
continue to do so. being able in the ex-
ercise of Dutch sovereignty to take on
the spot all precautionary measures
Heemed requisite to subject the freedom
Of the former Emperor to necessary lin
itations.
The Netherlands government says it is
anxious to place these declarations on
record in the most formal manner, and
In conclusion declares it to he its opinion
that these declarations, which prove
that the government realizes the dangers
which the powers dread, will dspel their
apprehensions.
The note is signed by Jonkheer Won
Karnebeek, the Dutch foreign minister.
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Bates Announces Road Dates

Montpelier. March SIS. B. Bates. COM
missioner of highways. has announced
tho date on which the meetings will be
held in the State. The highway meeting
will take place in Bennington the same
day that the listers meeting occurs. The
list of dates follows:
Bennington county, Bennington. Tues
day March %; Rutland county, Rutland,
Wednesday March "a; Addison county,
Middlebury Thursday March 25; Frank
lin county, st, Adams, Tuesday March 30;
Chittenden county, Burlington. Wednes-
day March 81, Grand Isle county, North
Hero, Thursday April /; Wlndham coun-
ty. Brattleboro. Tuesday April 6, Wind
sor county, White River Junction, We'd
nesday April 4 Orange county. Chelsea,
Thursday April s; Essex county Guild
hall, Tuesday April 10, Caledonia county,
st. Johnsbury. Wednesday April IA. Or
leans county. Newport. Thursday April
10; Lamoille county. Hyde Park, Tues
day April 20; Washington county, Mont
pelier. Thursday April %.
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AUTO COLLISION RESULTS
IN $4,000 SUIT

Brattleboro. March civilian w. Lii
ley of Bellows Falls and his wife. Fanny
Lilley. who is assistant librarian in the
Bellows Falls Public library to-day filed
suits aggregating $4,000 in the Windham
county clerks office here against Stephen
Burgess of Cavendish. They claim that
by reason of careless driving Mr.. Burgess
ran his automobile into car occupied by
the plaintiffs near the Old Rockingham
meeting house last November. the car
being wrecked and Mrs. Lilley thrown
out on her head injuring her spine.
Mr.. Llley sues for 5000 and his wife
for $1,000, through Attorneys r. e.
OBrien of Bellows Falls and L. w. Glib
son Of this place.
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CONGRESSIONAL
ssWETS" OPEN FIGHT
|NnnuEuratc Siege Warfare Against
Prohibition Amendment

Washington, March 4,--Siege warfare
against the prohibition enforcement
+ act was inaugurated to-day by wet
fmembers of the House.
Though repulsed, 254 to Sc, in the
initial attack, made in the form of a
straight out repeal provision. offered
ply Representative Eagan, democrat
New Jersey. as a rider to the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill, the anti-prohibitionists told
the House they planned to raise the
ssue again during consideration of
&every bill that comes up appropriate
ling funds for enforcement of the pro-
hibition amendment.
While the "wetS" of the House were
meking their fight. Attorney General
Thomas F. McCran, of New Jersey, filed
suit in behalf of his State in Supreme
court to declare the amendment uncon-
Institutional and to prevent federal Off
cials from enforcing it. The court on the
motion of Assistant Attorney general
Frierson. fixed Monday for hearing ar
|guments in the original suit filed by Rhode
Island and on the appeals from Kentucky
land Massachusetts decisions involving
validity of the amendment.
Attorney-General McCran commended
THAT the amendment was not properly
drawn and that Congress possessed Tic
power to propose a constitutional amend
ment regulating the habits and morals
of the people. The enforcement act, passed
under authority of the amendment, his
bill set forth, was therefore null and
void,
The move Of the House anti-prohibition-
lists came Unexpectedly during considera.
tion of an appropriation of s4,50O0Oo fol
prohibition enforcement After Speaker
Gillett had refused to sustain the point
of order against the repeal provision
raised by Representative Garrett, demo
Crat. Tennessee. the rider and its allied
motion to eliminate the enforcement ap
Preparation were voted down over.
whelmingly.
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BERKSHIRE HOG AUCTION.

Brattleboro. March 4.-Ninety-six head
of Berkshire hogs and pigs were sold at
auction here yesterday afternoon under
the auspices Of the Eastern Berkshire
Congress. The largest buyer was l.. E.
Frost OF Chicago, editor of the Berk-
shire World, who bought 81 head for the
Gossard's breeding estate of Martlnsvile.
Ind. The highest price was 1926 for a SOW
year and a half old bought by the Hood
farm, Lowell. Mass, from a consignment
from Wendover farm, Bernardsville. N
j. At the annual meeting of the congress
p. ID. Elliott Of Greenwich. Conn, was
elected president and a silver loving cup
was presented to the retiring president
Lester II. Ortlze OF Bernardsville Will
liam II. Mckee OF Pittsfeld. Mass, was
elected secretary and treasurer.
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FARMERS NOT DECREASING
ACREAGE OF OATS

Washington, March S.-American farm
ers are not reducing their acreage Of
oats because OF the rapidly increasing
use of automobiles and trucks. on the
theory that the horse and mule were
being made back number according to
report by experts Of the department of
agriculture. They have made special
study of the situation and say:
THE number of horses and mules on
farms. if decreasing. is doing so at a
rate so slow as to have little or no effect
on the oat crop. Furthermore. statistics
show that American farmers are not cut
ting down the total oat acreage, but are
actually increasing it, A great number
of American farmers. particularly in the
corn belt. are justified in making extern
sive sowings of oats each year"
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WOULD ORGANIZE NEW
TELEPHONE COMPANY

st Adams, March 5.-The public service
commission of Vermont held "A hearing
at The Tavern this morning on the pc
tirion of +. II. Ovtt, +. Fl. Bixby and c.
L. Ovitt to organize the Farpsworth Tel
ephone company, Inc, to take over the
Farnsworth telephone lines which oper-
ate In Chitteneen county. The commits
sion scok the matter under advisement
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CHARGE WOMEN WITH
ILLEGAL SALE OF LIQUOR

Montpelier. March Mrs. Regina
Leonard and Mrs. Rosa Agostini of South
Ryegate. who were arrested on the charge
of illegal handling of intoxicating liquor
under the federal regulations, have been
able to secure bail and have gone to
their homes. They were arrested by
G. r. Lackey, deputy United states
marshal. and were brought before ". G..
shurtlen. commissioner, waving exam
nation and were bound over to for hear
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DID TOPSHAM HAVE
A LEGAL ELECTION?

Montpelier. March 5,-Did Topsham hold
a legal town meeting is the question that
attorneys in Montpelier have been asked
to decide. Selectman Hight of West Top
sham was in the city to-day relative to
the matter. 1t appears there are about
15 voters In the town and II was general
ly understood that owing to influenza
the town meeting would not take place
so that only about 20 voters were present.
1t was called to order in the morning
and then an adjournment took place un-
til one O'Clock in the afternoon. when a
Mr.. Fox was elected moderator and the
meeting was conducted.
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MARY PICKFORD
DODGES CAMERA
Unable to Face Newspaper and
Picture Men at Los
Angeles

l5s Angeles. Calf, March 5.-Mary
PIckford. weeping and worn, stumbled
from the train here to-day on her return
from Mincen, Nevada, where she obtained
divorce decree Tuesday from owen
Moore.
Miss p.-kford waited until the passcn-
GERS hid ell left the car. then peered out,
and seeing newspa per mon and camera
men thanked by II crowd OF tho curious
she fled down the opposite side of the
car. AS she ran, with tears streaming
down her face, she stumbled and fell.
Her mother helped her up. and they fled
to u waiting automobile and sped away.
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THIEVES LOOT MANSION

Brattleboro. March 4.-The large resi-
dence on Oak street which was owned by
the late Mrs. Ella G. Starkey and ia now
the property of her daughter. Mrs. Will
liam G. Porter of New York. was found
yesterday afternoon to have been entered
by burglars within the past week. but
it is not known what articles were car.
ried away. The house has not been oc-
cupied this winter. and when Miss Flor
ence Pratt went there to see II every.
thing was all right she found that the
front door had been forced, About every
room in the house had been ransackec
and the floors were strewn with the con
tents of bureaus and desks. Sheriff Frank
l.. Wellman. Police Chief George Wilson
and States Attorney IL. w. Gibson mad,
an Investigation, last night.
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NO VOTE IN THREE TOWNS
Flu Prevented Meetings in LandgrOve
Thetford and Belvidere

Montpelier. March 9.-Secretary Black
has received a report from the town clerk
of Landgrove that no meeting was held
in that town because of influenza. max
ing three towns. Thetford and Belvdere
in addition to Landgrove, where meetings
were not held. In Williamstown the vote
on license was taken, but no business
done.
Harry A. Black has received from the
town clerk of Stowe the completed re-
port of the license vote in that town
Last week the report Of 147 to % on drug
gist license was made and this morning
he received the report on the general IL
cense question which was also in favor
Of license by a vote Of ia to a. An in
vestigation may be made to ascertain
why the earlier report was not correct.
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DIVORCE CASES FLOOD
WASHINGTON co. COURT

Montpelier, March THE following di-
vorce cases have been filed in Washing
ton county court; Mary Beltrami VS..
Peter Beltrami: A. c. Perry VS. Ethel d.
Perry: Rena Duffy VS.. Cecil Duffy; Clara
LaFever VS.. William c, LaFever; Carlo
Bianchi VS.. Carolina Bianchi: and Car
olna Bianchi VS.. Carlo Bianchi: Nellie
O. Hart VS., Burton Hart; Mary Sprague
VS.. Frank Sprague; Mary T.. Martin VS..
Wilbur Martin; Jack Anderson VS.. johann
ma Anderson; Abigail a. Bruce VS.. Harry
II. Bruce and Abbie d. Emery VS.. Ar
thur A. Emery.
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SPRING VALLEY CHEESE
co. is INCORPORATED

Montpelier March 5-The Spring Valley
Cheese company Of Middletown Springs
has filed articles of association in the
office OF secretary of State for the pur-
pose of conducting creamery business
in Middletown Springs. The capital
stock is So 900 while the papers are signed
by A. w. Gardner. @. A. Norton. J. p.
Whitman, w. S. Gray. G. A. Taylor, L.
w. Matthews and James Dudley
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MIDDLEBURY COACH
NJ. J. Croyvell. Brown 1~~irler. Holds
A. f.. F.. Grenade Throw Record

Middlebury, March 9.-Minot j. Crow
ell, Cap" Crowell. star twirler of
Brown mines in 1914-15, and later with
the Baltimore orioles and the Phila-
delphia Athletics has been engaged to
coach the baseball nine at Middlebury
College this spring.
Crowell was one of the most popular
athletes ever developed at Brown and
played on both the varsity baseball
and football teams.
The day following Americas declara-
ton of war he enlisted in the Rhode
Island cavalry, later securing COM
mission as second lieutenant. He
served with this organization through
out the war. returning as captain.
While in France he made the record
for the longest throw of the hand
grenade Of any man in the A. E. F..
the distance being 70 metres.
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"WET" TOWNS ia
Total Not 1875 as at First Reported
Three In Grand Isle

Montpelier. March 1.-The returns from
Grand Isle county in the license vote has
been made to the secretary of States
Office showing that three towns went
wet while the other two are to be dry.
although one of these voted for a drug
gist license. Those voted wet were
Grand Isle 46 to II; Isle La Motto 90 to
II; South Hero &c to %; dry, Alburg "A to
n; North Hero 10 to Is; making a total of
ia wet towns instead OF 1876 as the off,
Gals at the secretary of States Office re-
ported Friday and 40 dry towns out OF
total of pa reported. Some reports
have been sent back for notification, in
Guiding stowe. where no record of any
vote on the general issue was made.
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BARRE THEATRE BURNS
Loss of SoNOO0 When "Park" Is Gutted
--0rcs.e-.ra Lender Loses
$1,000 Library

Barre. March 1.-THE Park theatre
owned by the Black Theatre Co, Inc
was Quilted by Are this morning. The
origin of the fire has not been discov-
cred. although apparently it started near
the heating plant. The theatre was
closed at the usual hour last evening and
was discovered on fire about three
o'clock, well under way.
The fire department was able to get the
Gre under control before the drug store
and the tenements above thu theatre
caught fire.
The loss probably will exceed $oO,o0
Edwin Bruno. leader of the orchestra
lost about 5000 in his library of mu3ic
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Governor a Day

Montpelier, March 5-Charles s. Dana
scf New Haven, who is speaker of tho
House of Representatives.. was governor
of Vermont Thursday although probably
Inc was not notified of that fact. for
there was probably nothing that needed
immediate attention. This was brought
about by the fact that the law provides
that when the governor and lieutenant
.~overnor are out of the State the speaker
~ tho house becomes the executive
Governor Clement was in Boston and
Mason S. Stone. accompanied by Mrs
stone, were on their way to New York
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NEAR FIST FIGHT IN HOUSE

Washington, March IA clash on the
floor of the House between Representative
Frear and Representative Garrett as the
climax of a four-hour discussion on the
alleged failure of the aviation program
was narrowly averted to-day. When Mr..
Frazer declared that a statement made
by Mr. Garrett had mot the shadow of
truth in it," the latter started down the
aisle toward Mr.. Frazer demanding that
the charge be taken down in the records,
Republican and democratic members hur-
ried toward the well Of the House. where
Mr.. Frazer stood, and the affair was
smoothed over though Mr.. Garrett angrily
exclaimed, II do not intend to stand for
the statement that uttered an untruth. 4"
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FLU INCREASES
Communicable Diseases in District No
in February Numbered 28s


ST. Adams, March S.-The total number
Of cases Of communicable diseases re-
ported to DR.. W. J. Howard, health Of
ticer for district No. 1, during the month
of February was 26S, which is large
increase over the month Of January when
only 164 cases were reported. This is in
great part due to the fact that influenza
has been reported in several towns in the
district. two. Milton and Highgate, being
under quarantine, because of the large
number of cases OF the disease. There Is
some increase shown in the number of
cases of whooping cough. Measles and
mumps were on the decline the last
month. as well as scarlet fever and
diphtheria. The number of cases of pneu-
monia reported was the same as in
January. two.
The report in detail for the month was
as follows:
Measles. l6; chicken-pox, eight; whoop-
ing cough. So; mumps. So: scarlet fever.
four; diphthera. two: typhoid fever.
three: influenza. l2l pneumonia, two.
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POPULATION INCREASES

Washington, March 4,-Population sta
tistics of the 18th census issued today
include: Peoria. Ills. 76,12l, an increase
OF 9,l7i, or 1871 percent over 1910.
Bloomington. H., 2s.63s, increase $50,
or Ill percent.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa, 1856, increase e.
1855. or 3s,9 percent.
Beaumont. Tex. 35,35l. increase AM.
or 7l,3 percent.
Bellevue. KY. T. $40, increase SOC, or
1914 percent.
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U. S. CONSULATE DAMAGED
BY BOMB EXPLOSION

Rerne, March Sit Is estimated that
,the damage done the United States con-
tsulate at Zurich by the explosion of
bomb last night will amount to 1000
francs. but the place is still habitablc
and Consul General Keena and his fam
ltly have returned there and re-opened
the office. The president of the Zurich
government visited Mr. Keena to-day and
expressed the regret of the authorities ov-
er the incident.
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Davis Windsor Probate Judge

montpelier. March I-Governor p. w.
Clement has appointed Gilbert r. Davis
an attorney In Windsor as Judge of pro-
bate Tor the district of Windsor in place
or Homer l., Skeels OF Ludlow. resigned
Mr. skeeis has been in poor health for a
time lie was appointed about two years
ago. Governor Clement has also appoint
M Harvey r Kingsley of Rutland to the
board OF administration of Norwich Uni
vcrsity In place of John y. Woodhn of
Rutland, who recently died.
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CHATHAM DIVISION
BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS

bennington, March 8.-An attempt this
forenoon to open traffic over tina Chatham
division of the Rutland railroad, over
which no trains have been run, failed
temporarily at least when a snow-plow
ran off the iron at Anthony, a small flag
station a mile west Of Old Bennington.
The pillow went off the track twice while
passing through this village before plung-
ing into "A big drift on the heights and
sticking fast The last rolling stock to
previously pass over the road consisted
Of locomotive and piow which passed
through here Saturday morning and
which is now stalled in 4 drift at Old
Chatham, n. ", and the 6o-mile division
Is now blocked at both ends. A locomo-
tive and caboose loaded with yard men,
office employees and gang OF construc-
ton workers, employed In building the
Williams garage, left here late this at
ternoon for Anthony to shovel out the
stalled pillow. The milk train between AL
burg and New York passes over the Chat
ham division but II has not been In OPP
Grafton since Friday morning when the
empty cars running north were ditched
at Dorset
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near Jamaica to-day, delaying the work
or opening that line, but 1t is expected
the pillow Will reach the Brattlcboro term
maj tomorrow. No train will be run be-
forc Wednesday. Road Commissioner
c. j. DUDE finished to-day the work OF
breaking roads in all directions to the
town lines. but beyond those points some
OF the roads are still under deep drifts.
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80 TOWNS VOTED FOR
LICENSE. IS AGAINST 1T

Montpelier. March 1.-THE reports re-
ceived to the secretary of States Office
this afternoon showed that of the l64
towns in the state that had reported to
that office 50 had voted for license while
had voted against it,
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ing at a later date. Recently. each Of
them paid fines of $500 under the statutes
Of Vermont following a raid by tho Gale
donna county officers. The federal action
is based on the results of the State ac-
ton
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POPULATION INCREASE,

Washington, March s.-Population stats.
tics for 1920 announced to-day by the
census bureau included; Lewiston, Me,
Sl.707, an increase of 546O, or POS per
cent. Everett. Wash. PISA, an increase
Of $500. or ia per cent. Ottumwa. la
9oH, an increase of 9ol. or As per cent
over 1910.
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WORkMEN'S PROGRESSIVE
ASSOC. TO ISSUE STOCK

Montpelier, March THE Workman's
Progressive association of ST. Adams has
filed with the secretary of State GER
tificate that it proposes to issue 5000 in
stock and that of that sum there has been
s3O65 paid up.
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You get sense of the busy store nrst
through reading its advertising-which
has that business bring to II, carrying
craftsmanship in its every paragraph.
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POSTPONE TERM
Opening Of Franklin County Court to
Occur March 10

81. Adams. March 7, is2O.-The opening
OF March term of Franklin County court
has been postponed frc:l March to 16.
and the jury has been notified not 10 APP
pear until that date. The postponement
is due to the severe storm with tho re-
sulting bad condition Of the roads.
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Bratteboro, March 8.-About 100 men
and boys responded tonight to an appeal
from the Board of Trade to help shovel
out the track Of the Street Railroad COM
pany which has been frozen in since
Saturday. They opened long stretch
of the road on Western avenue and the
company furnished doughnuts and hot
coffee. Unless a thaw comes II will be
impossible to operate cars over the
whole line for several days. A snow
plow was derailed on. the West River
lhzannh. of~the Contra Vermont railroad
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st. Johnsbury, March S.-The st. Johns
bury & Lake Champlain Ia the hrst
railroad in this section to re-establish
train service after the storm and mail
train started west tonight expecting to
go as far as Cambridge Junction. The
Montreal-Boston through trains are run
ming to Greenfield over the Fitchburg
division Of the Boston g. Maine and up
the Connecticut river line as the White
Mountain division is still closed.