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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-18
WAS VICTIM
OF TYPHUS
John Reed, Magazine Writ
er, Died in Moscow,
Says Telegram
ONE REPORT SAID
HE WAS EXECUTED
Another Declared He Was
Imprisoned in
Russia

Portland, Ore, Oct. lS.--John Reed,
magazine writer, died Yesterday in
Moscow, Russia, of typhus, according
to telegram received here by Henry
G. Reed, brother, from Louise Bry-
ant, Reeds widow.
Reed had made several visits to Rus :
STA during the soviet regime. Since
his latest departure from this coun.
try last year relatives here had re-
ceived various conflicting reports re-
garding him. One was that he had
been executed in Finland as a soviet
emissarv and another that he had been
imprisoned in Russia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-18
UNVEIL TABLET
AT HARTFORD
In Honor of Phineas Park
hurst, Who Warned Peo-
pie of Indian Raid
MANY PEOPLE
IN ATTENDANCE
Tablet Is Erected on Site of
the Old Tilden
Tavern

White River Junction, Oct, Is. I'm
der the auspices of the Vermont Soci
ETY., Sons of the American Revolution,
there were held Saturday afternoon
Oct. Ii, the dedication exercises of
bronze tablet in honor of Phineas Park
hurst, the lg-year old boy who, though
wounded, rode from Royaton to West
Lebanon, Oct. Is, 1850, TO warn the set.
tiers of the coming Of the Indians, who
were then burning Royalton and kill
ing the people there. The tablet il
erected on the site of the old Tilden
tavern, where he halted and where
Stephen Tilden fired the alarm gun
The site is one mile north of Hart
ford village and is located ON the farm
now owned by George B. Hathorn.
President Guy W. Bailey vas to
have presided but was not able to be
present, so ". H. Jeffrey of the proba
ton office took his place. The program
was; Invocation by Rev. II. l.. Thorn
ton, minister of the Universalist
church of White River Junction; I'm
yelling of the memorial by Miss Har
riet l. Parkhurst, Concord, n H.. great
great granddaughter of Phineas Park
hurst; presentation of the land George
B. Hathorn of Hartford; presentation
of the memorial, Mr. Jeffrey; accept
ance, George G. Nichols. first select
man, Hartford; historical paper, Miss
L. NJ. Loreioy, South RoysIton, who
was unable to be present and read
her paper, so it was read by Mr. Hew-
it, of South Royalton; poem. THE
Doctor of Lebanon Passes written
by John Chapman Farrar New York |
City. This poem was read by Mr. |
Perry of Hartford. Singing of Amer
lea" and henedietion by Rev H L |
Thornton. There was nuite large |
from the surrounding towns
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-18
The Growing Child.

A Series of Articles Prepared Es-
pccially for Barre Daily Times.
BY the United States Public
Health Service, Washington, D. c.
Questions relating to child health and
TO related problems will be answered by
experts of the u. S. Public Health
Service Address Child Health Editor.
u. S. Public Health Service Washing
ton. d. c.
please mention this newspaper.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
LAURA WANTED THE M0NEY,' SAYS JUDGE;
 AND SHE GOT IT
Intensive Love Making Costs Chicago Business Man
 $32,O23

St. Paul, Minn., Mar, 27.-A decision in favor of Mrs. Laura A. Shepley of Chicago, who was sued for $32,023 by William G. Mueller. Chicago business man, was handed down in district court here today by Judge J. C.. Michael. Mueller sought to recover the amount which he alleged Mrs. Shepley obtained from him by fraud and intrigue. Costs of the case were assessed against Mueller, who was granted 40 days in which to take steps for a new trial or an appeal.
 An intensive campaign of love mak- ing and money getting began when Mueller met Mrs. Shepley on train en route from Chicago to New York. Judge Michael said, and he summed up this phase of the case in the phrase:
 "Laura wanted the money"
 The court also found that Mueller was actuated by unworthy motives and said it was not within his func- tions to proportion the guilt between them but to leave them to the conse- ouences of their mutual wrong dolngs.
 Charles R. Shepley, husband of the defendant, was party to the sult, but Judge Michael held him without knowledge of the source of the money obtained by his wife and innocent or any wrong.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
CARRANzATANES
 OCCASION 10 HAND
 RE:pUXE T0 0pnE:G0N
Deno1nces partiaiity Charge of Candidate for Presi-
 dency
DENIES HE GIVES,
 BONILLAS SUPPORT
Indirectly Defends ihe Right of Cam dido Aguilar to Interest Him self in the Cam
 paign

Mexico City. Mar 27.-In addition to denying that the government will support presidential aspirations of Ygnacio Bonillas, ambassador to the United States, for the presidency of Mexico, President Carranza, in q tele- gram today to Lieutenant Colonel AL Varo Obregon also rebuked what he termed the disrespectful tone in which recent protest to the presi- dent by Oregon was couched. Obre- gon, under date of March 23, address, ed 2 telegram from Monterey to President Carranza charging the gov crnment with having displayed par tiality, and protesting against the ar rest of three military officers after the arrival of Senor Bonillas in Mex leo City March 2l.
 President Carranza answers by the declaration that all government off, ficials refrain from interfering in political matters.
 Denouncing Obregon's charge of partiality, the president asserted that on the contrary the administration had shown great patience with the followers of Obrcgon who had vio- lated the laws, and charged them di
  manifestations for other candidates.
 Relative to the campaign work per- formed by General Candido Aguilar for Bonilas. the president said Az uilar had sepjarated himself from his government and military post, and had perfect right to work for any one he chose while his efforts did not mean that he represented the gov ernmenc.
 In conclusion, President Carranza declared:
 "The right to work for the presi- dency is not limited to one man
 Pablo Gonzales, another president tial candidate, issued statement Er.- day to the effect that he was willing to confer with the other two candi- dates for the purpose of choosing a fourth candidate upon whom the three present candidates could unite.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
Sacred Cattle at
 Texas Stock Show
 Take Blue Ribbons

Fort Worth, Tex, March 27.-The great sacred cattle of India nave gone to home pastures with blue ribbons for the first time from the Fort Worth fat stock show, setting new era in the industry in the south west.
 The Brahmas came from the great Pierce ranches in Wharton county and surpassed in public interest at the exhibit this year the Herefords, the Poll Angus, Jerseys and other breeds. Fifteen of the sacred cattle were brought to the show.
 What attracted most interest about the "sacred cattle" is the fact that they are tick-proof and drouth- resist ing. Originally purebreds, these giant. gaunt cattle have been cross ed with Texas stock until they have donned some of the physical charac- teristics of their kind. But they still retain the hump and their natur- al wildness has been intensified by the admixture with the Texas stock
 They are tall and almost gaunt and can run like deer. but their meat is tender and strengthening. Breeding of these sacred cattle has never progressed into an industry in Tex as, vet this years exhibit has strengthened interest in the cross ing of the breeds. especially in West Texas because of the drouth- resist ing qualities.
 In periods of drouth, the ordinary steer cannot wander far from a vat CT hole in search of grass, with the result that all of the vegetation around the particular water hole is soon eaten up and the cattle begin to suffer But the Brahmas will go far afield in quest of food, not de- pending upon the proximity of wat CT.
 While most of Texas is rapidly "cleaning up" so far as the tick is concerned, vet the fact that the tick will not modest the sacred cattle also has drawn attention to them.
 In the beginning of the crossed breed, south Texas cattlemen import ed few of the Brahmas from India, and then crossed them with the To- cal cattle, like in the Panhandle of Texas, Charles Goodnight has sue cessfully crossed the buffalo with the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
10 BEGIN WORK AT
 ONCE ON SWIMMING
 POOL FOR TIE BOYS
S3,OO0 to S1,000 to be Spent : Rotary to Super
 wise
GIFT TO CITY BY
 PINE BLUFF COMPANY
$600,000 Spent on Properties During Year--Officers and Directors of the Board are
 Reelected

II. C.. Couch, president of the Pine Bluff company, announced last night that the company is ready to begin at once on the construction of a swim ming pool for the boys of Pine Bluff just west of the spray pond at the company's power house on West Fourth avenue.
 The company's plans, however, are contingent upon some organzation's offer to supervise the institution Couieh declared last night that the matter would be placed before the Rotary club Tuesday and that the Rotarans would be asked to take charge. The pool will cost between $3.O00 and $4,0O0, Couch said. IL will be about 4OxG0 feet, possibly larger, and will have concrete sides, gravel bottom, graduated depth levels and an arrangement for keeping it filled with fresh water at all times Union carpenters will donate their services to do all carpenter work necessary.
 Decision to begin work on the pool at once was reached at meeting of the directors of the Pine Bluff company yesterday. At this meeting officers for the coming year were reelected. They are as follows: IT. c. Couch, president; J. II. Watkins, vice president; J. L. Longino, secre- tary; Joe Whitlow, treasurer. These gentlemen with c. H. Triplett, Jo Nichol and D. B. Niven compose the directorate. All were reelected with the exception of Niven who is an addition to the board.
 The Pine Bluff company, which includes all of the company's Jeffer- son county properties, in the past year spent more than $600,00O in ex- tension, upkeep, additions and inn provements. Plans already are un- der way for the expenditure of $l5O,- % 0to $200,000 on Improvements dur ing the current year, Couch declar- ed.
 Light connections added during the year numbered $50, report submit ted to the meeting showed. Water connections number 185. The com pany pumped 41S,OOO,OOO gallons of water and supplied S,5OO,OOO kilwatts of current during the year. This, according to the officials of the company, is a substantial increase over the previous year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
Embargo Placed
 on COttOnseed

Oklahoma City, Okla, March 27-- A general embargo on shipments of cottonseed hulls from Texas and Louisiana points to Oklahoma was de- clared today by J. A. Whitehurst.s president of the state board of agri- culture. o,.,.
 Action was taken to protect Okla homa from ravages of the pink boil worm. Whitehurst said.
 All railroads operating in the two states were notified not to accept shipments to Oklahoma and dealers in this state were warned not 70 accept shipments or sell cotton seed or cotton seed hulls from the two states.
 The federal government IS now contemplating a complete quarantine of the two states and hearing preparatory to the action IS to pc held at Washington on April [. to; it was stated in telegram received by Whitehurst today from Represent tative Scott Ferris.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
b50,0O0 SUIT | IS
 1PERMATH OF WOOD ! ALCOHOL IN BRANDY
me Woman Dead, One is
 Blinded as Result Drinking

{. Ssitimore, Md, Mar. 27,-The suit
 T Mrs. Catherine Briston of Pila. 9sipnla, filed today in Atlanta against .s sSnn Kelley, for $15O,OOO damages is sae aftermath of a tragedy in Balti. c, %ore last November. Miss Lucille saaip died on November 23 last, after a.laking what was believed to have M brandy in the Kelley apartment n Eutaw Place.
 Ars' Bristol drank some of the Aquor and for two months hovered be- Meen life and death at the Johns sax0spital, She finally was able to leave ag hospital but is blind.
 me death of Miss Sharp. an Atlanta srl, and the binding of Mrs. Bristol
 Y was later discovered that the wood alcohol.
 mrs. Bristol, a former friend of asslley's, had come down from Phila. ISs,pnla the Saturday night before Aiss Sharp's death.
 Aeily and Osman was held in iail ". .va several days. Miss Sharp's body Sns;., Sss sent to Winston Salem, N. C., for ~ oSrlal ia It having been thought she died
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
WARNED SIX MONTHS BEFORE:
 HE WAS RELIEVED
Sims Counsel Says He Was Told Conveys Endangered
 Off French Coast

Washington, March 27.-Documents showing that Rear Admiral William B. Fletcher was warned by Admiral Sims six weeks before he was de- tached from the Brest command in October, 1917, that his convoy for ces were not giving adequate protec- tion to vessels off the French coast. were introduced in evidence today be- fore the national court of inquiry Investigating the circumstances of Admiral Fletcher's removal.
 Counsel for Admiral Sims produced several communications from Sims and Fletcher. The first, dated Sep tember 2, emphasized the need for greater precision and regularity in convoy operations and contained a report from the chief of naval opera tions to Admiral Sims that two transport conveys had been entrust- ed to entirely too inadequate escort upon leaving the French coast. Three weeks later Admiral Sims again wrote the Brest commander empha- sizing the need for greater protec- tion to returning transports and de- claring himself to be ready to help carry out any remedy Admiral Fletcher would suggest but "that present conditions would not be per- mitted to continue"
 Admiral Fletcher declared under examination that he realized the situation demanded remedying but that the remedy lay in augmenting his "small and poorly adapted convoy forces" repeated representations to this effect had been made to Admiral Sims he said, but with small result up to the time of his detachment
 Asked why he had not shared some of the responsibility of directing con- voy operations with Captain Thomas P Macgruder, his chief of staff, Ad- miral Fletcher declared he had not done so because he lacked confi- dence in Magruder."
 This testimony caused Admiral Rodgers, president of the board of inquiry to move that Captain Magru- der be made an interested party to the proceedings to which plans coun- sel for both sides agreed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
Javelin Passes Almost Through
 Neck of Coach

Morgantown. w Va. Mar. 27-Har. " A. Starsbury, athletic director Of the University of West Virginia, sui fered peculiar accident on the ath- letic field here late today when 9 javelin hurled by member of the track squad struck him in the neck. The javelin's head pierced his neck on the right side and came out di- rectly beneath his chin, having pass ed between the jugular vein and the carotid artery
 Stansbury walked almost quar- ter of mile to the nearest physi- cian's office with the head of the iavelin still in his neck. Upon it's removal Stansbury was taken to his home where it was said the would would not prove serious.
 The javelin had been hurled from distance of 100 feet during a work out of the track squad.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
TWO jURIE:S LAUNCH
 INVESTIGATIONS 0F
 VICE: CONTROVERSY
Police and District Attorney are at Logger
 heads

New Tor, Mar. 27. The vice wa, arising from sensational charges an, couhter-eharges of corruption pass ing between Police Inspector Dom nick Henry and Assistant District At torney James F. Smith, rested for the week and tonight, with announcement, that two grand jurics-regula an, eXtraordinary-will start investiga tion next week of the controversy i, it's various phases.
 Assistant District Attorney Smitl announced he had accumulated moro damaging evidence" against the police department, but declared there was nothing new to report" He hao previously asserted "early next week as the time when the "real big scan. dap in the entire affair will be aired and in several statements said he is glad and willing" to appear before any grand jury that wished to aues. tion him relative to his personal con. duct or to his connection with the vice crusade started by him some tim, ago.
 The extraordinary grand ujry which was originally convened to investi. gate an "overshadowng crime" was called today by Foremal Almirall tc meet next Tuesday to examine In. spector Henry's charges against Smith.
 Attorney General Charles D. New. ton tonight announced he had ap. pointed Nathaniel Smith, former as- sistant district attorney, to assist Colonel William Rand, a counsel fol the extraordinary grand jury. The naming of additional counsel was at the suggestion of the jury members
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
North Louisiana
 Oil Fields Lead
 the Whole Nation

Shreveport, La, Mar. 27.-North Louisiana's 1919 oil well completions held the high mark for average ini- tial daily production to each in the eleven oil producing areas east of the Rocky mountains, according to re liable available statistics made pub lie today. The north Louisiana field dg averaged 887 barrels initial daily pro. duction to each completion while thc north Texas compilations averaged 595 barrels, the gulf coast field 432 1-l barrels and the Pennsylvania field only 10 10. These figures give some idea of the extent of the decrease in production in the once prolific field of the coast and of the increase in southern output.
 The figures show that the gulf coast region developed the greatest numbe, of dry holes in comparison with th1 number of wells drilled, a total of 5Gl of the 1,236 compilations in this dis. trict or 45 per cent being dry, Out of a total of 704 compilations in Louisi- ana there were 123 dry holes or 1T per cent of the total wells drilled Kentucky-Tennessee compilations mum 'bered 3,716 compilations of which 421 or II per cent, were dry wells.
 The Lima Indiana field, often called close second to north Louisiana SC far as promise is concerned, showed a total of 159 dry holes out of 834 completions, or 19 per cent of th' total.
 Louisiana's oil production treblet in the last two years. Production fol January, 1918, totaled 78O,000 barrels and reached 2,567,00 barrels in Jan uary, 1920. The daily average jumped from 25,194 to 82,806 barrels.
 Homer field in north Louisiana nov leads the United States in oil produc tion having passed Burkburnett, Tex. is nearest rival. Several weeks ag' with pipe line production of nearl! 90, 900 barrels daily. Late reports als' indicate the return of the once pro life Caddo field of Louisiana, whic' has been settled for more than Il years Recently flowing wells hav been brought in in the extreme south ern end of the pool where it was be lieved that only bumpers could b developed.
 Latest statistics place the tota number of producing wells in tn United States at 225,000 with an out put of over million barrels of oi daily.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
SAYS IRELAND FAST DRIFTING TOWARDS STATE OF ANARCHY Times Calls Situation Gravest in All Irish His
 tory ALL OFFICIALS LIVE IN SHADOW OF MURDER Others Declare Situation Has Passed Entirely Beyond Control and
 Irish Have Accepted
 Warfare

London, Mar. 27.-"The @ravest dan ger in the whole Il,zn history" is the description applied to the present situation by the Dublin correspondent of the London Times, in reiteratina that Ireland is fast drifting into an. archy.
 "The Irish public views current events with profound dismay anC sickness of heart" he says. "and is amazed and frightened at the gov. ernment's failure to recognize the facts of the situation"
 Public officials, it is said, live under the shadow of murder; some are unable to leave their homes day or night Murder societies are com- pletely organized and are aware of the movements of all officials who on their part, are equally cognizant of their dangers. Knowing that sym pathies of the telegraphers in the state service are largely with the con- spirators, they dare not use the wires to transmit official information.
 The news columns of the London Morning papers are dominated by the Irish troubles; they give the gravest prominence to accounts of the murder of Magistrate Bell, while some treat the case of William O'Brien, Dub lin alderman who is on hunger strike as equally serious.
 The Daily News denounces the treatment of O'Brien as criminal lu- macy" and, referring to Andrew Bonar Laws statement in the house of com mons, imputes him the same spirit as actuated Magistrate Be:Ts mur- dererc.
 The Times also condemns the gov ernment attitude toward O'Brien as calculated to inflame that body of Irish opinion, whereon, it says, the salvation of Ireland must ultimately depend. The paper declares itself forced to believe that the situation has passed entirely beyond the gov ernment's control and thinks that Irshmen have begun to accept with sullen acquiescence open war upon the government.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
Says Mrs. Busch Suffered Indignity
 on Return Here

St. Louis, Mo-, Mar 27-Charges that Mrs. Adolphus Busch, aged widow of a local brewer, was put through an examination "revolting to the de cent instincts of every man and wom' an" by government agents at Key West on her return from Germany two years ago was made in state ment issued tonight by Harry B Hawes, attorney for the Busch fam fly.
 Mir. Hawes also made pupi1c a lev. ter from former Attorney General Gregory in which MT. Gregory as- serted the examination was "unau- thorized, unwarranted and nothing less than outrageous"
 Mrs. Hawes explained Mrs. Busch was reluctant to make the disclosures but finally decided it was best to win. dicate the family of any suspicion of un-Americanism as "the examina. tion revealed nothing but the intense patriotism of the family"
 Mrs. Busch, then "A years old, ac. companied by 8 woman travelling com panion and Swiss maid, arrived a' Key West in June, 1918. after so' journ of four years in Germany.
 The party was examined on the Swiss, French and Spanish frontiers and by American officials at Havana MT Hawes declared, but on arr1vrne at Key West were placed under ar rest by marines and held in custody 48 hours.
 "Then followed a proceeding" MT Hawes continued, "that must bring a blush of shame to the face of every loyal American.
 Having been informed of the pre- vious examinations, government op' eratives during my absence, made ar examination of the three women o1 the party. It was unexcelled ir brutality, an examination revolting te the decent instincts of every man ana woman, an examination which is not perpetrated on the lowest of womer and one woman, the citizen of a neu' tral country, which cannot describ. in detail without violating the laws o1 modesty and decency."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
Frank Has the
 Bastile All to Himself at Present

There's one hotel in Pine Bluff where they're not doubling up.
 Beginning this week this hostelry with it's 20 or more rooms will have only one guest.
 Frank Chapman, negro, lately of English, is the sole guest. Frank has the 20 rooms all to himself. The hotel is on State between Barraoue and Second and is operated by Nichol and Verret. Frank got that way by shooting another negro at English. The rest of the guests went over to circuit court last week and saw Judge Sorrels. Monday they will be checked out for Little Rock. reserva- tions having been made for them there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-28
Corpus Christi
 Fund Expended

Corpus Christi, Tex, March 27.- With the expenditure of $309, 9,142.09 the Red Cross has exhausted all funds turned over to it by Governor w. P. Hobby, local relief committees and other sources, for the relief of sufferers in the tropical hurricane here Septmeber IA last, it became known today. with the issuance of sworn statement by the director of accounts.
 At the request of the governor and local citizens, the Red Cross has act ed as trustees in the disposition of relief funds.