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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
Expect Packed House
For GanS-ROux Bout

Ringside seats will be at a premium Monday when Kid
Roux Of Memphis Joe Cans, of New Orleans at the
ASouthen A. c. They will travel eight rounds decision and
1oolc fore Of the fastest bouts OF the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20

except ladies' and grammar school chill
drrn in order to help defrly the ex-
penses OF the ST. Louis team wh1iv
here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
New Orleans PelS
Round Into Shape
Two Weeks Training Puts Dobbers in Good Condition
Manager Dobbs Has Lineup Almost Ready Good Pitch
ing Staff Certain.

NEW ORLEANS, 20.-As New
been training already
under its belt third scheduled today
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
Second Battle For
Local Soccer Title

Floyds and M. Mingle at Hodges Field Sunday After
noon-Floyd Juniors Slated to Tackle Vencedores Pre-
liminary Affair.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
Plenty of Action.

Besides being a great physical de-
veloEer. minus practically all chances
Of injury, II is fun Of action from start
TO finish, with thrills galore, whether
as cleverly executed passed well-made
Clearances and Outguessing of oppo-
nents with an occasional spill of some
unwary player punctuated by ter
rifle shot at the goal II the defense can
he pierced, these are often as spectae-
ularly stopped and cleared by some
brawny limbed athlete, or 1t may be
a score which will bring the partisan
rooters to their feet as their pets are
put in the lead.
Every play Is open and above board,
giving all a sporting chance.
While the Memphis teams are bat
Ting for the city championship here
the 81. Louis teams IRE doing thc
same up the river, The two teams
which have survived for the finals are
the Keen Kutters and the Leos. Tho
latter has made the best showing sc
far. They are the younger Of the two
but nave been playing together for a
least six years, and have had thing
pretty much their own way up to tn
finGls.
A small charge will be made to al
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
c. B. c. TOSSERS
TAKE MEASURE Of
Y. M. |. QUINTET
Columbia WOodmen Fail to
Show Up to Meet Flying
Squadron and Game Is For
feited-RaCe Still Tight.

TIE c. B. C. basketeers took the
measure of the Y. NJ J. five Friday
night at the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium in
the city championship series of bas-
ket ball games. The final score was
16 to IL. and the contest was one of
the hardest fought Of any this season,
The Columbia Woodmen failed to show
up for their game with the Flying
Squadron, with the result that the con-
test was forfeited to the Squadron.
The Y. NJ. l. lads appeared to be off
form in their battle with the c. B. c.
team, although the latter outfit Showed
abundance of class In tossing goals
The passing of the losers was very
poor, and it was this that resulted in
their defeat. When it came to tossing
fouls, the tossers had poor aim,
missing seven out of eight attempts.
The initial period ended to 5 in
favor of the collegians. But in the last
half the collegians got started and soon
had the |. lads at their mercy. The
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
DESERTER ARRESTED
Henry varney Of Grand Isle Taken in
Charge by Local Police

A deserter was picked up on Bat
terry street early Wednesday morning
by Officer Simon. The man gave his
name as Harry Varney who is wanted
at Camp Devens. When he enlisted his
home address was Grand Isle, but
since returning to Burlington he has
been making his home with an aunt
on Battery street and now claims that
Burlington as his residence.
His uniform was more gaudily dec
GRATED than that of movie hero or
the generalissimo OF some bandbox
central American country. Although
listed as a private in the circular is
sued at Camp Devens. az mailed to the
local police. he was wearning
sergeants stripes on the sleeve of his
blouse when taken. Resides these he
had on A. e. i. service stripes. wound
stripes. a discharge stripe and many
other decorations.
Owing to the crazy make up of his
uniform and tho fate that he deserted
when two more months of service
would have completed his term of en-
listment. the authorities think that
he must be demented, and he will
probably be put under medical care.
He was taken to Fort Ethan Allen and
AS 1t is illegal to wear the insignia Of
rating higher than the one man
Is entitled to, he will probably be tried
for wearing the sergeants stripes as
we'll as for desertion
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
FACED DEATH sc HOURS
Lieut.. II. p knickerhocker Describes
Rescue OF Men in Submarine

Lieut.. G.g) II. P. Knckerbocker has
written his mother in this city the fol-
lowing account of the rescue of the Sub
marine So. the men of which were re-
Gently heroically saved:
Philadelphia, Pa,
Sunday p. NJ.
Once more in Philly but we are not
seeing much Of the city this time We
left Newport last Thursday evening in
company with tho destroyer Billingsley
az midnight and at one-thirty we re-
ceived radio to make all possible
speed to the assistance of the submar ine
SD. We were about 100 miles away from
her at tho time and we damned on all
the speed we could make on two boil
ers. about % knots, and headed for her
position. About Ave o'clock We separ-
ated from the Billingsley about FIVE miles
so tina. we would have moro chance of
picking up the sub. At f1ve-thirty I pick
ed up ship on our starboard bow with
a queer looking object In front of 1t and
we headed over to investigate. We got
over to her In about ID minutes and sure
enough It was the steamer Alanthus with
the SIS We lowered away our lfeboat
and ! boarded the Alanthus and offered
any assistance we could give. We were
the first naval ship to arrive on the scene
The crew had been removed from the
sub about three hours before We came
up so there was not much we could do
except stand by. About half an hour
later other ships began to arrive and be-
fore long there were half dozen de-
stroyers present besides a battleship,
fuelship. supply ship and a navy tug.
! I had a long talk with Captain Cooke,
! In command OF the sub. and he told me
all about the accident. They were start
! ing to make crash dive, which IL a
quick way of submerging. and were about
rs feet under when water began to pour
which had failed to close They imme'
diatsly started to blow tanks to come to
the surface and attempted to stop the
water. They succeeded in stopping 1t ir
two compartments but the third flooded
In spite of all they could do and the sui
continued to go down until she fetched
up on bottom at 1856 feet. They did ever!
thing they could: blew tanks. blew thei
fuel oil out but with no success. Final
ly they blew their stern ballast tanks ant
as the flooded compartment was the tor
pedo room. the foremost one In the ship
her stern went up until she was on al
, angle of about Is degrees, with her DO,
resting on the bottom. AS her stern wen
up, everybody slid forward and they al
fetched up In a pile. In the meanwhile
the salt water had gotten into her stor
age batteries and they had begun to Civ
off chlorine gas. This Is deadly poiso
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
John A. Collier

John Austin Collier. a resident of
Brooklyn. n. Y. died suddenly on Satur-
day evening In the hospital at Canastota.
n. Y. He was a. member of the class
of 1873 in the University OF Vermont,
where he afterwards taught chemistry
in the department headed by his brother.
the late Dr. Peter Collier. He taught
also for two years in Hamilton College
at Clinton, N. Y. After experimenting
in chemistry applied to agriculture. he
was for many years superintendent OF
the rice mill Of Dan Talmages Sons In
Brooklyn, and later became manager of
the Vermont and Arizona Copper COM
pany in Arizona.
Mr.. Collier impressed those who knew
him with his integrity, hts devotion to
his business interests in and out of bust
ness hours, his interest in public affairs
and his genial and kindly temperament.
He is survived by his wife. Laura
Brownell Collier. formerly of Burling-
ton: by two daughters. Elizabeth and
Katharine Brownell Collier, and by a
sister, Mrs. Edward c. Wright of SYRIA
cuse.
The funeral services were held at
the chapel at Lake View cemetery Mon
day afternoon at three O'Clock. Burial
was in the family lot.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
OBITUARY
Hurry Eugene Wood

The many Burlington friends of Harry
f. Wood. who have known and loved him
since his college days at the University
OF Vermont, and who, this year, greeted
him eagerly when he came IN make his
summer home among them, were deep,v
panied to hear of his death in New YorI,
on Saturday And their distress was the
keener. because Mr. Wood had always
seemed so abundantly alive, so heartily
responsive to every demand upon his
splendid energies. so generously SYM
pathetic with every worthy activity so
much In love with life. II Ia indeed hard
to realize that this glowing vitality was
suddenly auenched when It had Just
reached the middle of ite way.
Harry Eugene Wood was born thirty
seven years ago. the son Of Volney Wood
of Chester. At the Chester schools and at
Brattleboro high he received his first
training. Then he came to the University
of Vermont In the fall Of 1902 Every
collegian of fifteen years ago will wildly
recall "Bushy" Wood as his fellows
dubbed him--his enthusiasm his friendli-
ness and humor, his eager fluent speech
his class and college spirit, his large
capacity for earnest labor In every cause
and interest competent baseball man
ager. an ardent fraternity man, member
Tau Omega, and In his last year It's head.
member too, Of Boulder. the senior
honor society, and student always in
good standing, he won the liking Of all
men Of his day. Professor Nathan F.
Merrill was deeply fond Of him. and
Professor Mer-ill's strong affection wns
itself brsvet Of honor. After graduation
Mr.. Wood many times manifested a
characteristic loyalty to college. class
and fraternity, and was deservedly ap-
pointed a member OF the University
Alumni Council for his year.
The vigorous young graduate bore into
the business world the strenuous zeal OF
his college days. and success was certain.
Whether selling bonds for ID. H. Rollins
a. Sons of Boston. or working in New
York as a statlstican for Roger Babson
and afterwards for A. A. Houseman &
Co., he gained the high esteem of en-
poycrs and associates and the friendship
of men Of weight. His latest service has
been with the Guaranty Trust company
an important assignment in the closing
Of credits demanding an expert OF the
| highest ability and repute. In war work
or many dnds-particularly in the drives
: f.r the Y. NJ. c. A.. and for Liberty
Bonds-he was naturally active. Not only
| have his various employments conferred
distinction upon Mr.. Wood. but he has
horored each of his occupations by his
unfailng zest and devotion.
Mr. Wood married In 1909 Maud. the
daughter of Henry Ballard one Of Bur-
lington's best known lawyers. To his wife
and his little six-year-old daughter
Janice, go the sympathies of many whose
own natures have been widened by con-
tact with large and generous spirit
The funeral was held from the chapel
of st. Paul's Church. Monday morning.
at eleven o'clock, with burial in Lake
View cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16

was n simple matter to get the men
out and aboard the Alanthus. Captain
Cooke being the last to leave. They vera
all completely exhausted and two wenS
badly gassed. They were given hot COTE
fee and soup and then they all turned
In.
After the men were all out the General
Cocktails continued on her way. Tbs
credit for the rescue goes entirely to her
chief engineer He worked frantcallT
for eight hours cutting that hole and il
responsible for getting every man out
alive.
Later efforts were made to tow the
sub but without success. We returned to
Ph!lly about four Friday afternoon and
are now standing by on one hour orders
to be used in carrying messages or sup.
plies out to the tugs standing by tho
sub if necessary. Consequently none OF
us can leave the ship.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16

the remainder of the evidence Friday eve
n'ng, In order to get the case out of the
way. The case went to the Jury between
i"'"" and ii o'clock. At II 80 the Jury
came IN and reported disagreement.
Judge jed y. Ladd, presiding advised
mat the jury try once more to come to
some agreement before compelling the
case to go to new trial But a half
hour longer failed to bring any better
results and the Jury was relieved of its
duties. The case In set for n new trial on
September II.
+ Edison A. Owen and Irene Owen. man
and wife of Hnesburg! have obtained an
injunction restraining the town of Hines
burg from drawing gravel from q certain
gravel pit. said to be on the land of the
plaintiffs, pending the trial of the case in
the Chittenden county court of chancery
which Mr.. and Mrs. Owen have recently
brought against the town. The plaintiffs
claim that they own the piece of land on
which the gravel pit Is located, the
land being about q acres In extent, stu
ated quarter of mile east of the post
office. on the south side of the main
highway extending east from the village
of Hinesburg. It is claimed that there
has been in the past an arrangement
whereby the plaintiffs sold gravel to the
town. and that there was no trouble over
this arrangement up to August s. last,
when the town instituted proceedings to
condemn this particular gravel pit for its
own use, agreeing to pay SIPS for It. The
plaintiffs claim that this is not fair
amount, that they have not been given
a hearing before the selectmen on the
proposition. and that the statement made
by the selectmen in the proceedings Of
condemning the property was illegal and
unjust. 1t is claimed that the town has
caused to be drawn from the gravel pit
since It was taken over by the town Sonic
500 to 1000 loads OF gravel, and that the
taking away of this gravel has done dam
age to adjacent land, spelling the water
supply, etc. For these alleged WRONGS
the plaintiffs are asking a settlement from
the court. They have already received
an injunction pending the hearing Of the
case. rs above noted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
PROGRESSIVE POMFRET
Thirty-Four Per Cent Of Cattle .
Town Are Registered


The name of the town In Pomtret. It Is
located in Windsor county. Thirty-four
per cent Of all the cattle In the town are
registered and 95 per cent of the registered
cattle belong to the Jersey breed These
interesting facts were brought out In a
survey taken by the Windsor County Farm
Bureau. They found that there was. on
April 1, 1920. n total of 1,527 head OF cat
tie Of all kinds owned within the town
and $40 of these were registered. This total
of $40 registered cattle, of which as are
bulls. are found on 46 Of the 80 dairy farms
In town. Thirty-seven of the 46 last men
toned farms have some registered fe-
males, but the list includes only one herd
of other breed than Jersey. This Is some
record surely, especially when one re-
fleets that less than two per cent Of all
the cattle in these United States belong
In the registered class. The total figures
for Windsor county show that seven per
cent of all the cattle in the county are
registered. which is also "a good showing.
The county Farm Bureau, under the
leadership of the county agent, is held
largely responsible for this healthy state
of affairs, and it affords a splendid ex-
ample of dairy improvement carried out
in a practical and persevering manner.
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and It only takes a little of It to kill n
man. When the gas began tos form the
crew put on gas masks and stayed in one
compartment as long as they could, then
sealed it up and moved up to the next
one aft. BY investigation they foud that
their stern was out of water and they
started to cut a hole I'm her side. 1t was
slow work as they had small drill. ham
mer and cold chisel with which to cut
through three -sixteenths inch steel. BY
this time their air was becoming very
foul and a man could only work for a
couple of minutes before he was COM
pletely exhausted. They were finally COM
PEELED to use oxygen bottles in order to
ne and about this time they succeeded
in getting a small hole through her side.
This admitted q small amount of air and
relieved matters somewhat They ran
small brass rod with shirt attached out
through the hole and used IT as distress
signal. This was about one o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. about "a hours after the
accident Shortly after this, the steam
er Alanthus came up, saw this queer look
ing object in the water. Investigated, and
found that the crew was still alive. She
had no radio man so could not send any
messages All she could do was to stand
by ana pump air INTO tne SUD WIN
small air pump as she had no tools with
which to cut hole in her side. About
500 p. M. the transport General Goethals
saw the Alanthus flying distress signals
and came over to see what was the
| trouble She Immediately rugged a stag
ing on the stern of the sub which was
about 80 feet out of water and her chief
en- gineer set to work to cut hole In the
side Of the sub with a small rachel drill.
all he had. 1t was hard, slow work and
took eight hours of steady drilling be-
fore the plate could be knocked out. All
this time, the chlorine gas was gradually
working Its way up and aft in the sub.
The crew were all In the two after COM
partrents and the gas was beginning to
get into them. AS the plate in the stern
was knocked out great cloud of hot
foul air and was rushed out. and the
crew of the sub got their first fresh air
in s6 hours Thirty-six hours of foul air.
chlorine gas, and heat with nothing to
eat or drink except a few cans of string
beans and a couple of pals of oily, greasy
water. Thrty-six hours of agony of body
and mind And not an officer or man
would give up. not a one showed yell
low, not a one complained. Their only
thought was to save the ship. They prov
ed themselves true sailors and the whole
navy is proud of Captain Cooke and his
crew.
After the hole was cut In the side 1t
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
PUTTING THE SPEAKER AT EASE

President Wilson is not regarded as a
man who is easily embarrassed, but ac-
cording to the Popular Magazine he teMs
story which shows that once at least
he was fabbergastcd 1t was when Mr..
Wilson was campaigning for the govern
orship of New Jersey. one evening at a
small-town banquet, whore both men and
women We're guests, the postmaster lean
ed over to the candidate and asked !:
Shall we begin the speaking now, or let
the people enjoy themselves n little long,
or" The President does not say what
answer he gave, hut it is not likely that
the meeting broke up without hearing
that speech.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
Mrs. H. r. Morgan

Mrs. Catherine Agnes Morgan. wife Of
II. s. Morgan, died Saturday morning
at her home at 16 Brookes avenue after
"a lingering illness
Mrs. Morgan was born in Burlington
March 3. 1863. being the daughter Of
James and Mary Bruin Sheeran. Her
whole life had been spent in this city.
She was a member of st. Anne's society
of the Cathedral and of the w. r. c.
Mrs. Morgan was very active In the
societies to which she belonged and was
untiring in her devotion to aid in all the
war relief work.
She is survived nv her husband and
four children. Mrs. f. Deming Hoyt, Jr..
OF East Orange, n. j., and Allen Stewart.
Julia Taft and Ruth Helene Morgan Of
this city.
Tho funeral services were held Monday
morning at nine o'clock at St Mary's
Cathedral and the interment will be made
IN Lake Nie'v cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
Mrs. Edward Mitchell

The funeral of Mrs. Edward Mitchell.
who died Saturday morning at one O'Clock
at the Fanny Allen hospital. was held
at st. Joseph's Church Tuesday morning
at nine O'Clock. with burial in Mt Calvary
cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell, who was % years
old, is survived by her husband and four
children. the Oldest seven years old and
she youngest Is months. They are: Eliza
beth, Ethel Robert and Victor. She Is
also survived by her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs Dick Snyder, and three brothers
Victor. John and Samuel Snyder. all OF
this city.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
Nr Elizabeth Couture

Mrs. Elizsbeth Ducharme) Couture
died at her home, 81 King street. early
Sunday morning after an illness of
about two years. The funeral was
held at eight o'clock Tuesday morning
at st. Joseph's Church. with burial in
Mt. Calvary cemetery,
Mrs. Couture was born in St. Elizabeth,
p. G.. In 1912 and came to Burlington
about so years ago, She is survived by
four children. They are: Mrs. Moses
Dellebac. Mrs. Alphonse PARA and Amos
and Miss Mary Couture. Mrs. Couture
was one of the oldest members OF s..
Anne's society and active in it's circles
up until the time Of her illness. Mira
Couture was the great grandmother of
four children and grandmother OF seven
children
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
URGES EARLY START IN FALL AID.
VERTTSING

Marshall Field e Co., In a statement
to the trade, urges merchants to start
their fall advertising early.
THE merchant who meets the needs
of the season early will start with an
advantage The first display of fall
merchandise, the seasons first an
nouncement. the opening newspaper
advertisement will bring it's reward in
prestige and purchases. A season we'll
planned for by studied Advertising
campaigns ia most apt TO be a season
of SuCCeSs."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
Mrs. Anna McGettrick

Mrs. Anna McGettrick died Monday eve
ming at her home, 81 North Winooski
Avenue. She was 20 years Of age. She
is survived by one son, John Fl. Nc
Get.rick. one daughter Miss Mary
McGettrick, a brother. Patrick Henry.
and two sisters, Mrs. James Lonergan
and Miss Nellie Henry, all of this city.
TIE funeral will be held at st. Mary's
Cathedral this morning, with burial In
St Josephs cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
John Brodie

John, the second son Of Mr. and Mrs
Dennis Brodie OF IS South Champlain
street, died at els o'clock Tuesday at
ternoon Of pneumonia. He Is survived.
besides his parents, by two brothers.
Harold and James. and by two sisters.
Mary and Anna The funeral was held
yesterday at three O'Clock, with bur-
ial in st. Josephs cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
Mrs. ANNA NJ. Nills

Mrs. Anna May Mills died at a local in
stitution Thursday noon, following an
operation. She was born in Milford, N.
Y. May 1, 1866. and had resided here the
past eight years.
She was member of Bainbridge Chap
ter. O. &c. S.. Of cambridge, N. "
she is survived by two sons. Louis ID.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16

Mills Of Shelburne, and Or. II. L. Mills
Of this city, and by four grandchildren
The funeral services were held pri-
vately on Saturday afternoon at 20
o'clock. city time, az her late home at 3
Elmwood avenue. and the interment was
made in Lake View cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
Frank w. Jones

The body Of Frank W. Jones. who died
at Waterbury was brought to this city,
and funeral services were held Thurs
day at the funeral parlors Of Corbin
Frye & NORM. The intermcnt was made
in Lake View cemetery. Mr.. Jones was SO
years of age. He Is survived by son.
NJ. s. Jones of Huntsville, Ala, and a
daughter living in Boston.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-16
Howard r, Jordan

Howard T.. Jordan, formerly Of Bur-
lington and a well known commercial
traveller. died at his home in Boston
September 5. He is survived by his wife
and three daughters, Mrs. Charles
Walker and the Misses Irma and Marion
Jordan.