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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE IN
ST. JOHNSBURY
Prohibition Standard Bear
er at Town Hall
Tonight

s.. Johnsbury is entertaining to-
day candidate for president III Rev.
DI. Aaron S. Watkins Of Cincinnati,
who is the standard bearer of the
prohibition party in the present cam
paign. A representative of the Cal
eGonian-Recold met DR.. Watkins At
the New Avenue Hotel and found him
charmed with his first visit to Yer
mont and the wonderful scenery of
the Green mountains.
"Soon after receiving the nomin-
ation," said DR., Watkins, q made d
standing offer that | would withdraw
if either OF the leading candidates
would publicly declare that they
stood for the enforcement and pres
ervation OF the Volstead act | made
the statement at the public meeting
Of the Anti-Aicohol congress az
Washington and nothing came of it.
Gov. Cox entirely ignored it. Chair
man Hays rather favored it and
seemed to think he could yet Senator
Harding's consent, but the latter de-
clined to take any stand.
"The so-called issues Of the cam
paign are not issues at all The real
deciding factor viii be the approval
or disapproval of Wilson's admins
traton. The three issues of the
prohibition party are liquor labor
and the League. If thi, administra-
ton would enforce the law there
would be no reason for the existence
nf ON. marty There arc not pnOuph
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
WILSON SCORED BY
DILLINGHAM; AT
DERBY LINE RALLY
Hartness and Dale Also
Speak at Enthusiastic
Meeting of Voters

The Orleans county Republican
rallv held at Derby Line on Tuesday
to stir up enthusiasm for large Re
publican vote in November was per-
haps one Of the most unique political
meetings ever staged in the interests
of any party. Just over the lnte4na-
tonal border in Canada, at the Has
kell Opera House, the speakers ad-
dressed their audiences, telling NeI-
monters how the United States
should be run, while standing on Ca
madam soil. Another feature Of the
assembly was the attendance Of Wo-
men, VINO nearly outnumbered the
men in the audience. The gathering
was further distinguished by the fact
that it was held on Columbus Day,
turning point in the history OF Am
erica It's recurring anniversary yes
tel,day marked turning ~oint in the
history of the Republican party.
Col. Curtis S. Emery, former
mayor of Newport presiGed at the
meeting, and his Introductory
speech gracefully alluded to the fact
that he was "eXpounding American
ism on Canadian soil" He spoke be-
side q stand over which fell the folds
of both American and British flags,
and paid tribute to the memory of the
Canadians who FOUGHT in the world
war. In presen+ino the Hon .Iamo
Hartness, candidate, he said, 1T
gives me unusual pleasure to intro
duce the first gentleman with whom
have been infinitely associated this
summer. Althou~h we did not aoree
in everything during the campaign
and do not arree in everything now,
yet it uives no ~leasurc to charact-
erizc him as absolutely honest and
straightforward in his conviction"
Candidate Hartness, the first
speaker gave a brief talk, as he was
obli@nl to leave early to keep an
appointment out Of town. He spoke
in a low cN1versatio tional tone and
promised the people his best efforts
when he ay7'vod at Nontre]n~.
Senator WilI'H'n P Dfilinohar'
who has recently been re-ncmina e1
for = second Term was the second
sneaker Abiding to the nresent no
Utica situation he asserted "Mr
Wilson is a very peculiar man. He
is a solf-con"""nd and | c,iticize his
party for FOLLOWING h;m blindly. He
received his political training in a
(Continroa on mage fve)
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
Russell G.. Bancroft
On Trial at Newport

The case Of the State vs. Russell
G. Bancroft, "alas" Wilfred A.
Bailey, Of Camp Westmore fame,
who it is charged swindled
scores. of people in Orleans
county out Of various sums Of
money in connection with the Girls
Camp at Westmore was taken u" in
Orleans county court at Newport to-
day. Judge Fish VIII try the case. At
ter a jury had been empanelled, court
was adjourned until Thursday
morning. J. Rolf Searles of St
Johnsbuly is acting as counsel for
Bancroft while States ATTORNEY Frank
d. Thompson is in charge of the pros
ccution
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
SEEK ELOPERS
IN HOPE TO
STOP MARRIAGE
Oxford, n. H., Parents Trail
Young Couple Towards
St. JOhnsbury

Two anxious parents in automobile IS
were securing this section today in
the hope Of experimenting Morris H.
Stevens, 20 years old, and Miss Ar
della LyneS, 16, both Of oxford, n.
H., who le.t tooether in an automo-
bi!e FRIDAY nigul presumably to be
married and the parents wish to sop
q weddin" if possible. The couple
have not been located but are believ-
cd to be in this vicinity.
The young man is the son Of Alvah
VI Stevens, Well-to-do farmer and
lumbelman. He had lived at home
Two months ago the Lynes family
moved from Hardwick to farm in
O9tord and an acquaintance sprang
Up between younp Stevens and the
pretty 16 year old miss.
Without anv word to their parents
the couple met Friday niqht and
speed away in an automobile. Mr.
Stevens soon heard OF the elopement
and called Nj Lvnes. Both parents
put of in automobiles in search Of
the couple. They traced them to
Bra ilord bridge where the trail was
lost Nh. bynes proceeded to Hard
wick where he believed the couple
had gone but failing TO find them pro-
ceedcd to St. Johnsbury where Mr.
Stevens was today active in searching
for the young couple Mr.. Stevens
said his son had SEQ when he LETT.
He socks information about the
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
TWO HORSES
WITHDRAWN IN
ENDURANCE TEST
Avil Watts and Sargon
Taken from List While
at st. JOhnsbury

Two more Of the 81 original start
ers were missing at the getaway to
day on the third leg of the 300-milc
endurance test for cavalry horse
/ from For. Ethan Allen, VT, to Caml
/ Devens, Mass. Avil Watts was dis
qualified for no; covering the ride
from Northield to this place within
the l3 hour limit yesterday. and Sar
eon, an Arabian, of the W. r. Brown
string OF entries, was withdraw,
this morning owing to slight lame
ness. Sargon is only five years Ole
and is entered for the national horse
show at Madison Square garden:
this winter and will be kept II
training for the endurance test mex
year. Avil Watts was minutes ovel
the maximum elapsed time last
night.
There was a large crowd at the
Calelon county fair Grounds last
night to welcome the horse and rid
ers on their arrival from Nortkfield
A dozen automobilists met the riders
at Haydwick where the noon stop was
made and piloted the riders into St
Johnsbury. All alon" the route
groups of farmers and their families
gathered to cheer the contestants
and at the corner of Western avenue
and Main street opposite the Acad-
emy there was a fair sized crowd all
the afternoon. Such well known
horSCmen aS Gcoroe c. Cary. DR..
Robert H. Burke, Charles T. Walter,
c. J. Darling and manv others were
a. the fair grounds looking over the
horses and picking out their favor
ties.
Ano. her smaller crowd but of real
dyed-in-the- wool" enthu lasts were
on h9nd at ) O'clock this morning to
see the getaway. The mercurv stood
at Just 80 degree and q cold wind
from t0e West made it anytime but
comfortable along the sweep of the
fairgrounds. 1t proved exhilirating
for the horses and riders however and
they got away with fine show Of
spirit.
The first two riders Off were
Bunki". ridden by Major McCreelv
and Nile. Denise with Major kock
Is rider. These two entries from the
U. s. Remount station were in fine
condition. Thev were checked out at
800 a. m. Following them was A.
W. Harris, the Chicago banker. rid
'nq his entry, Kemah Prince, w. Il.
Drown' Cl'abbett came next at 5.35
and was followed by Rustem Bey, an
other Arabian, at 5.36. The last
horse checked out was Rufkin, an
Arabian, ridden by Major J. L. Plass-
never at SOC
Ow'no to the fact that manv Of
the horses were coming in after dal k
it was decided by the Judges to start
today's sendoff at $50 a. m. But
most OF the riders were up before
] a. m, an Manager Moore of the
St. JohnsbuIy house was serving
breakfast at 4.30 to most of the rid
ers. This service enabled the riders
70 get their mounts fed and to make
he start shortly after a. m.
In regard to the action Of the So
cietv for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals of New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, rhreatenir to inter-
fere with the horses if thew are found
not In be in rood condition one Of
the officials said today: 81 will make
a prediction that they won't bother
Continued on Page Four)
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
B0rella to Meet
Carlson at ArmOry
Library

library .l"E l'''s y"
ella of Newport, the young welter-
weight champion of Vermont, who
gathered in so many laurels in his
matches in the border city last win
ter, plans to conduct series of
at the Armoly here this season. The
first of It's string of matches to be
staoed here, will be held in the Ar
mory on Thursday evening, when
Borella will meet John Carlson, well
ter-weieht champion of Ohio. for
the third time. Carlson has been de-
feated on both previous occasions but
claims to be in excellent trim for
Thursday nights battle and, accord
ing to this, local lovers of the wrestl-
ing game should be given rare treat.
The preliminary match is also an in
teresting one. Dan Murray, light
weight champion of Orleans County
will meet Leonard Carter of Newport,
who has challenged his title. Both
of these men are members of Com
PAW L and the result Of the match
is awaited with great interest by the
guardsmen of that organization as
there has been considerable rivalry
among the athletes of the Newport
company.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13

| recently escaped from lHe eotDolC L
Massachusetts, Industrial School fcl
Boys broke down and confessed thu
he waylaid Miss Anna Rowen, II
year old dauohtor Of Richard Rowcn
o. Albany, while the latter was pass
Ing along the road just outside 0.
Barton Village laJe Mond&v after
noon, attacked h-r and ! ft her in {
serou, condition. 1le attack is aLeg-
ed to have taken place on an unfre-
Quontcd road between 4 and o'clock
while the gnl was on the way to the
| bank to deposit 500 and paw feeC
bill that amounted to $40. The girl
was found a short time afterWard
suffering from a broken nose, lacera-
TONS on he4' face and d severe shock
The discovery Of the attack was made
by John Simon, a grand juror ofAl-
bay and First Selectman Fred FOsS,
who carried the girl her home and
summoned a physician. Latest renortS
wero that she was still in a critical
condition.
States Atty. Frank d. Thompson
was notified Of the attack and he I'M
with Detective Brown, who reported
immcdia ely to make an investigation,
mediately got into communication
The Rousseau boy was first suspected
but when first questioned, denied all
knowledge Of the affair. q
Brown visited the place in TIL state
where the attack and attempted rob-
berry took place and found some ne
culiar horseshoe prints which he
traced to the home IF the bows father
in Westnore, The prints matched
the fathers horse exactly. Detective
Browns ingenuitive mind conceived
a "story', that proved to be just the
thing to wiring confession from
the bow and sure enough after Il
few minutes of questioning the lad
broke down and told comnlete story
Of the whole affair. He was taken to
the Newport jail where he will be
held for a hearing before Judge VIII
NJ. Wright in Municipal Court on
newt Monday afternoon. Ii found
guilty he may receive a sentence of
from three to ten year.
According to the storv told to De-
tective Brown, younr Rousseau was
committed to the Westboro school
when he was II years old, for steal
ing q horse and team. In April o. this
wear, the boy ran away from the
School and went to Montreal. His
father got him back from Montreal
and had him replaced in the Mas
sachusetts institution. Apparently
he had run away again. On Saturday
night, Rousseau met farm hand,
who worked on the Boivin place in
Barton The man told Rousseau that
he was quitting his employer and
that he (Rousseau) might get the
Job. He planned then 10 go to the
Bovin place on Monda"
Rousseau is alleged to have told
Detective Brown that he saw the
Rowen girl driving through Barton
village on Monday afternoon, carry
ing with her a pocket book, in which
it was later learned, she had $40,
part to be placed in the bank, the
rest to pav 4 bill. Rosseau, on his
fathers horse started out at once on
the road to Albany and at lonely
point between Barton and Glover, he
concealed the animal in the bushes
and hid himself. He had figured up
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
ATTACKS YOUNG WOMAN IN BARTON
WOMEN MUST GIVE EXACT
AGE TO REGISTER

PORTLAND, Me, Oct I3-Ma me
women must give their exact age and
date of birth before they are regis
tered as voters, Supreme Justlc2
Scott Wilson Of the Maine supreme
court, decided today.
1t was held by Judge Wilson that
the Portland board of registration
was within its rights in refusing t.
place the name of Mrs. Elizabeth
Holman on the register and vot n!
list of Sept. 4th, when she declined
10 indicate her aoe other than that
She was over 21. The ballot laws of
the state require that the age and
date OF birth be given.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
FIFTH HORSE RULED OUT
AT BRADFORl

The first horses to arrive ID Brad
ford today were Bunkie and Nile.
DoNsc. the u. S. Government animals,
which have been the pilo.s of the IA e
thus far. These horses c; me in at 10
a. m. and checked out a half hour
later. Captain Hurd was ruled out Of
the race upon its arrival at Bradford
today on account of lameness. All of
the % horses to arrive here checked
out within a half hour of their arrlV-
al. The last to go was at 1."O
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
Joseph Rousseau Held For Serious
Assault on Miss Anna
Rowen

Following a griling examination by Edwin c..
Brown superintendent of the James r. Wood Detective
Agency Of Boston, which took place in Orleans County
Jail at Newport today JOS Rousseau, aged years. who
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13

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A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast Sec
tion of Vermont State
Every Working Day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-13
The Weather

Fair tonight and prob
ably Thursd"-' Warmer
in Vermont and New
Hampshire.
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Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Railway Commission
Is Behind in Its Work,
Ex-Member Charges

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. l7.-(Special.)
The Nebraska State Railway com.
mission has fallen far behind in its
work OF hearing and deciding appli-
cations for increased rates filed by
publ. utility corporations OF Ne
braska, Victor E. Wilson, attorney
for a number of these firms, charges
In a motion flied Saturday asking
the commission to dopt new rules
of procedure which would expedite
the matters referred to. Mr.. Wilson
alleges delays by the commission
arc depriving these companies of a
sufficient return upon their invest
ment to pay operating costs and a
reasonable margin of profit.
Mr.. Wilson, who is himself an ex-
member of the commission, sets
forth an exhibit showing the num-
Der of cases heard and adjudicated
during the past three years. In all,
he says, 374 cases of the kind men
toned have been passed upon in
that time, and opinions thereon rem
dered containing total of S44 type
written pages.
The former commissioner points
to the number OF cases still on hand
and undecided, and the length of
time each has been pending. Six
have bee, on the docket for over
a year; FIVE others more than six
months, q from two to FIVE months
each, and FIVE less than one month.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD take SALTS
Says Backche is sign you have
been eating too much
meat.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney re-
gion it generally means you have
been eating too much meat, says a
we'll known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which overworks the kid
neys in their effort to filter it from
the blood and they become sort of
paralyzed and loggy. When your
kidneys get sluggish and clog you
must relieve them. like you relieve
your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy
spells; your stomach sours, tongue
is coated, and when the weather is
bad you have rheumatic twinges.
/ ne urine is cloudy, full Of sediment,
channels often get sore, water scalds
and you are oblidged to seek relief
two or three times during the night.
Either consult a good. reliable
physician a once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of
Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast for a
few days and your kidneys will then
act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also
to neutralize acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad-
der weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for regu-
lar meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive.
cannot injure and makes delightful
effervescent lithia- water drink.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
CornhuSker Grid Heroes
Honored at Annual BANQUET

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. l7.-(Special.)
-Nebraska's 1919 foot ball heroes
were honored at the annual Corn
husker banquet here Friday night.
Four hundred students and faculty
members turned out to pay their re-
spects to the Schultz warriors.
Captain-elect Bill" Day and
Coach Henry Schultz said that Ne
braska was to face next fall the hard
est foot ball schedule in its history.
Schultz said that the presence of
Rutgers. Pennsylvania State and
Washington State teams on the 1920
schedule would allow the Huskers
to know their standing among foot
ball teams the country over.
The schedule as announced Fri
day night is complete and includes
nine games, six Of which are to be
played on the home field.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
: P. A. Barrows. Correspondent
Women to Appeal From
The Attorney Generals $
Decision on Suffrage

Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 1.-Accord-
ing to an opinion prepared by AS
sistant Attorney General Mason
Wheeler for Secretary of State d.
NJ. Amsberry, Nebraska women can
vote at the primaries, April 20, only,
for the nomination of candidate J
for whom they can vote in the gem
eral election in November.
This department does not agree
with the attorney general on that
point" said Deputy Secretary of
State CASTOR: Women are mem
bers of political parties, and there
is nothing in the partial suffrage
law that should prevent them from
having a voice as to who the can
didates shall be within their party"
Court opinion to settle this point
will be demanded by the women,
Mr.. CASTOR says. ......
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Hammonds Ordered to
Answer Charge, Of
Contempt January u

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. H.-(Special.)
William V. Hammond, and
mother, Katherine Hammond, were
today instructed to appear before
the state supreme court January II
to give reasons why they should not
be found guilty of contempt of
court, in spiriting the 2-year-old son
of William Hammond to Chicago,
following divorce action by the
mother, Elizabeth Hammond last
fall.
The grandmother alleges that the
father has the child now and that
she does not know where it is. The
father is alleged to have stolen the
baby from its mother, after beating
his former wife with a crutch.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Omaha Store Makes Huge
Profit, U. S. Attorney Says

Lincoln, Jan, l7.-(Special.)- y
Profits of from 50 to 100 per cent are
being made by clothing, shoe and dry
goods merchants in some instances,
Tom Allen, federal district attorney,
said Saturday in announcing that in
vestigations are now in progress as
to the profits exacted by all classes
of merchants.
When it can be shown that profits
are excessive prosecutions will fol-
low and jury will determine wheth-
er undue profits are beng made, he
said.
The district attorney said that in
vestigation of an Omaha department
store disclosed gross profits ranging
from Is TO 100 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Ten Firms to Compete for
Desiqn for State Capitol

Lincoln, Jan. 17.-(Spec,al.)-
Specifications drafted BY its advisory
architect, Thomas R. Kimball Of
Omaha, under which the three state
and seven national firms of archi-
tects NAV compete for the design
of the $5,000,000 capitol, were ap-
proved by the state capitol commits
sion which met with Governor Nc
Kelvie.
The commission fixed a tentative
date late in June on which the draw
ings must ali be submitted.
As soon as the time limit for sub
hitting the drawings expires the
commission will Immediately pass on
the plans,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha Bee
Packed House at Geneva;
PIayIet, "Cherry Blossoms

Geneva. Neb., Jan. l6.-"Cherry
Blossom" an operetta, was given by
the high school, under direction OF
Miss Elizabeth Hamaan, musical in
structor of the schools, at the audi
torium Thursday night. Miss
Frances Fiegenbaum took the title
role and other leading parts were
carried by Miss Sylvia Acker and
Lyle Ertel, Mervin Bedford, Harry
Simmon and Edward Higginbotham.
The musical scores were played by
the high school orchestra. Between
the acts of the operetta, vocal music
was furnished by H. T. Smith of the
high school faculty and Donald
Donovan and Eugene Manning. A
packed house greeted the perform
ance.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Candidate for Governor
Must Accent CHALLENGE

Huron, S. D., Jan. l7.-(Special.)-
R. o. Richards, candidate for repub-
lican nomination for governor Of
South Dakota. has challenged his op-
ponent, w. H. McMaster of Yank-
ton county, to l6 public joint de-
bates on his paramount issue of per-
sonal liberty against prohibition. to
commence under the law about Feb
ruary /.
If McMaster fails to accept within
4 certain number OF days his name
goes off the primary election ballot.
McMaster as the challenged candi-
date has the right to fix the date and
place for the debates.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
CoIIapses in Pool While
Swimming With His Boys

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. H.-(Spe-
eial.)-Vernon Thornburg, 36 years
old, traffic manager of the Beatrice
Creamery Co., died Friday night a
few moments after he collapsed
while swimming in the Y. w. c. A.
pool with his two sons, Robert, IS,
and Charles, 10. 1t is believed he
was a victim OF heart trouble in
stead Of drowing.
Mr.. Thornburg was preparing to
leave within few days for Chicago,
to which he had been transferred by
the Lincoln firm.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Conference on High Cost
Called at Lincoln Jan. 20

Lincoln, Jan. l7.-(Special)-A
Mitchell Palmer, attorney general of
the United States, will be unable to
attend the statewide conference of
county chairmen in the Nebraska
economy drive, he has wired Gov
ernor McKelvie.
The governor and Mrs. Charles G.
Ryan, state director of the campaign,
have called conference of the
three statewide committees partici-
pating in the fight on high prices to
be held in the governors Office Tues
day morning. January 20.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
Bowling May Be Revived as
lntra.MuraI Sport at N, u.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. l7.-(Special.)
Indications at Nebraska university
are that bowling will be revived as
one of the intra-mural sports. Mem
bers of the inter-fraternity ath-
letic board have announced their in
tention of planning an inter-frater-
nifty bowling tournament.
Plans are already under way for
carrying out Coach Schulte's policy
of intra-nlural athletics as means
of better training for varsity teams.
Class basket ball and track tourna-
ments will be staged soon.