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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-10-27
HARDING KNOWS
NOTHING ABOUT
". D. VANDERBILT
Los Angeles Publisher
Says mot Politics
But Business.

Marion. Oct. 26-Direct denial was
made by Senator Harding Tuesday of re-
ports reaching the state department that
Washington d. Vanderlip was acting
as his agent in Russia.
II have never heard of Mr. Vanderbilt
said the senator. "He is not my agent,
and have no agent. / know absolute
ly nothing about any such matter as is
discussed in these dispatches and have
no interest in it whatever"
The Republican nominee declined to
make any other stateme ent regarding the
Vanderlip story or to commit specifically
on the reported negotiations relating to
possible American recognition of the So
Wet government of Russia. He said he
considered his denial broad enough to
make his position clear, and to serve
notice to everyone concerned that he
was not party to any of Vanderlip's
reported activities.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-10-27
CANDIDATE ASSERTS
CAN HARM0|v|zE WITH
LEAGUE SUPPORTERS
Democratic Nominee Repeats
Round Robin" Conspiracy
Charge Against Harding.

Cincinnati, Oct. 26.-SpecaI pleas
for election of senatorial candidates
fayorng the League of Nations were
made by Governor Cox of Ohio
Tuesday, in Tri-State tour touch
ing West Virginia and Kentucky,
and closing at night with an address
here, where he began his career as a
newspaper reporter rs years ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

to the legislature of 1921 by the motor
vehicle division of the department of pub
lie works.
The proposed new fees for automobiles
are as follows: Automobiles with plane
tary transmission and less than 80 horse
power. S15; all others under 30 horse
power $40: from 30 horsepower, but less
than 40, $50 all over 40 horsepower, $40.
Motor trucks, less than two tons. $40 two
tons but less than three, $50: three tons
but less than five, 500; over five tons,
$50. Commercial trailers and electric
motor trucks, fees the same as for other
motor trucks Owners of automobile
manufacturing plants or dealers in auto
mobiles, one fee-$50, which includes one
set of number plates. and charge of SIG
for each additional set of number plates
Motorcycles, with or without side car
| SO. For every additional set of numbe.
| plates to replace those mutilated or lost
charge of 81 is proposed. ..s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
ENGLAND's SWIMMING VOGUE.
Women In Britain Become Proficient as
Life Savers.

swimming is becoming one of the Don
ular sports of England: there is a con
stantly increasing number of women
swimmers and the women are also going
IN Tor hte-saving to a large extent. ac-
cordlng to English authorities recently in
tervlewed by a London Daily Telegraph
reporter. There are few girls now who
care to daily in the shallow water at the
shore resorts, 1t Is said, most of them
going out for d good swim, and a large
number of the awards given last year by
the Royal Lite Saving society for ability
IN saving the lives OF persons in danger
OF drowning were to women.
The increase in the number of people
having this ability is shown in the 1000
awards made by the society. which was
double the number made the previous
year. Of the diplomas given by the So
clety for those passing its test of life-sav-
ing ability, which IS a stiff one, and in
cludes an ESSAY on lfe-saving, five of
the SIX awarded went to women and there
were many eager contestants of both
sexes.
Before the war there were far more
men than women taking the test, but dur
ing the war the women Dredominated
and they have maintained their lead since.
Children in England are taking I'm
swimming with great enthusiasm, as well
as life saving. encouraged bv the London
Schools Swimming association, which
grants something like I2,HO hTst-class
certificates to boys and girls for swim
ming 100 yards and 80 yards, respectively.
1t also issues 1000 life-saving certificates.
Elementary school children are regularly
taken to the baths to learn swimming,
and the girls have improved immensely
since being given the opportunity. The
value of the exercise is one reason for the
interest taken in swimming by the au-
thorities. as they recognize that, IN the
crowded areas Of metropolis, swimming
is the easiest means by which to obtain
it. Forty-eight of the ffty-two baths in
the greatest number have now been re- re,
opened The water is kept at a tempera.
ture of 2 degrees.
Mixed bathing has been found of great
Iuse in the teaching of swimming. the
English authorities have found, as many
children have more confidence and are
more easily taught by their parents.--N
y. Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
CONSTITUTIONAL
CHANGES PROPOSED
Majority of Vermont Commission Fa-
yOrs September Elections - Would
Enlarge Governors Power of Veto.

MONTPELIER, Dec. "A majority
of the commission appointed to propose
amendments to the constitution will rec
ommend changing the date of the general
election back to September, according to
Northumberland reports in the city last
night. 1t is also stated with some au-
thority that a minority of three will sign
an adverse report, recommending the re-
tention of the present date in November
which is uniform with most of the other
states of the union.
Among other recommendations are said
to be a constitutional change with refer
enee to the assistant judges in county
courts providing an amendment to con-
cur with the 10th amendment for equal
suffrage and empowering the governor to
veto items in the general budget without
yetoing the whole budget measure.
An amendment will undoubtedly be
proposed to the Legislature of 1921 proyid-
ing for the filing Of vacancies in the Office
of town representative i'm case. of death,
and it is believed that an amendment
providing for compulsory voting viii have
a majority of the commissions report back
of it.
Changing the powers of the public ser
Twice commission and leaving the power
of designating where deeds shall be filed
with the legislature, instead of specifically
| in the office of town clerks, are other
amendments which are reported to be
| features of the forthcoming report.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
To Whiten Doorsteps.

The following preparation for
whitening doorsteps is a great labor
saver, as only very hard rain will re-
move it: Place one pound of pow
dered glue in a saucepan, with one
and one-half pints of water, and melt
over a slow fire. When dissolved, add
one pound of powdered whitening, stir
ring it in gradually. Put this mix
ture on the steps with strong brush,
and if it is too stiff add little more
water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
NEW ANAESTHET|C
USED IN RUSSIA
Is Pleasant to Take and Not
Dangerous to the
.f Patient
NO NAUSEA DURING
RECOVERY FROM TT
Solution Is Injected Into a Large VEN
IN Elbow - Patient Sleeps for Hours
After Completion of Operation - No
Deaths Reported. f-.

after Completion of Operation - No.
Deaths Reported.
pARTS3 Dec Am ,anaesthetic with
relatively no danger and pleasant to
take is said to have been produced and
used in the hospitals of Soviet Russia.
DR.. Marcou. once an inferno of the Paris
hospitals, describes the process in an
article written for Information. He
asserted that he watched the new method
used in Petroglad hospitals.
lie attributes its experimental use on
animals to Professor KravkOff and its
application to operations on persons to
Professor Fedovof. formerly surgeon to
the emperor.
Dr.. Maroon says the patient awakes
from the sleep produced by it a little
heavy in the head but without nausea or
i'll effects
1t is methylpropyIcarbinol in the pro-
portion of one to 400 parts OF warm,
falty water that does the business, he
says This is injected directly into a
large vein IN the elbow and the hollow
| tube is left in the vein so more may be
pumped in as needed
| When from 100 to 200 grams of the
| LIQUID have been put in the blood the
patient sleeps but there still remains re-
f4px ar-tfUrr IN he eyes, which is taken as
! the standard OF anaeSIHellZdtloH.
l.-- As more of the sleep-pr0ducer.i used,
sensftiveness leaves the eyes and the
surgeon operates, testing the eyes from
time to time so as to keep the blood
system supplied with the fluid. The pa
| tient sleeps several hours after the COM
pletion of tho operation.
! Hundreds of operations" says DR..
! Maroon, were performed in Russia dur
ling my stay. I watched some of them.
/ Not one case of death has Yet been re-
ported.
I : The anaeSthetic is said to be particu-
Harry valuable for head and neck opera
lions where the use of ether or chloro-
! form mask interferes with the surgeon S
work. In such diseases as make the IN
PRODUCTION of salty solutions into the
blood undesirable or dangerous. says Or.
Maroon. salt may be replaced by glu-
, cose or bi-carbonate of soda.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

One Argument Against thesH. c. of L.
Don't charge so much for the coat.
Remember, the cheaper it is the less
shall owe you."-Klods Hans, Copen-
hagen. So
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
DESERTED CAMBODIA.
Once Center of Brilliant Civilization
Is Now q Waste

In the jungles of Cambodia, where the
monkeys chatter and swing from the
knotted vines and the snake sheds his
skin on the marble steps high over the
stagnant pool where parrakeets hang
ike jewels in the trees and tigers glide
by with muf1ed steps, stand temples.
long forgotten, palaces, meats, gates and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

The Catholics of Newport gathered
Wednesday evening to pay a farewell
tribute to Rev. Father Bastien, who has
been transferred to Vergennes. As gift
of material esteem. Father Bastien was
presented with a check for $1,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

A. ]. Lockwood of Burlington revenue
officer. was admitted to the bar in federal
court at the end of Thursdays session
He was admitted to the practice of law
in the state previous to his two years
service in the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
WANTS HIGHER AUTO FEES.
Massachusetts Also Asked to Impose
Greater Penalty on Drunken Drivers.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BOSTON, Dec. 4.-Increases of 80 to
100 per cent in the registration fees of all
motor vehicles, the appointment of an
acting registrar of motor vehicles to assist
Frank A. Goodwin, a new law for the
punishment of persons who operate motor
vehicles after their licenses have been
suspended, or revoked, and legislation
more effectively to control persons operat-
ing vehicles while under the influence of
liquor. are the principal recommendations
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

walls with stones wrenched apart by the
violent urge of the tropic trees and vines.
Once kings stepped forth. hung with
Jewels and ROBBED in glittering fabrics
to mount their elephants and go a-hunt-
ing once damseIs danced age-old steps
before the affairs of the gods and simple
folk went about their household tasks
as simpler folk have always done. For
about eco years Cambodia was the cen
ter of a brilliant civilization; after that,
a land of savage tribes forgetful of the
great past.
Today this country. now a province of
French Indo-China. is forsaken save by
occasional half-naled priests, who climb
the great palms to tap the upper leaves
for Sugarwater, or pause to grin at their
own reflections in the pools when they
are tired of staring, uncomprehending,
at the forms that decorate the temple
wallS-Asia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

the present pope received the red hat
Cardinal Begun was on his way to Mon
treal from Lowell Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
STATE INSTITUTIONS
RAISE MUCH PRODUCE
Total Value of Past Season Is $127, 257.
As Annual Report of
Director Weeks.

MONTPELIER, Dec. 4.-ProductS of
the farms and gardens of the four insti-
buttons, the state hospital. the state
prison, the industrial school and the
school for fceble-minded. for the 1920
season aggregated S127, 257.4S in value
according to the report just released of
John f. Weeks, director of state institu-
tons. The valuation is based on the mar
ket price of the products in the towns in
which the institutions are located.
These include such grain crops as corn.
hay, wheat. beans. milIet and oats: such
vegetables as potatoes, beets, cabbage, eel
cry, squash, turnips, tomatoes and vir-
tualy all the standard table varieties :
such fruit as strawberries, apples. rasp-
berries, blueberries and currantS such
dairy products as butter, cheese and milk
such hennery products as eggs, turkeys,
geese, chickens and ducks !; canned fruits
and vegetables cured and fresh meats
for sale and for the institutions maple
sugar; lard; sale of live animals and SER
| vice charges for purebred sPes
| The totals for the various institutions
are as follows:
State hospital at Waterbury S -. 59I. IS
State prison at Windsor 29.1S4 -
Industrial school, Vergennes 3O.594. IS
| School for Predetermined,
Brandon ........ 14.SS3 81
| m
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
GOVERNMENT WILL
NOT BOOST PRICE
Intervention to Stop De-
clines Would Increase
Cost of Living
THINKS PRICES HAVE
.,..+ REACHED BOTTOM

Consumer Still Held Up By Retailers
Democrats No Longer Influenced by
Politics - Therefore They Are Not
: Championing Poor Farmers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

A meeting of the Vermont Dairymen's
association will be held at the New Sher-
wood hotel at Burlington on Monday,
Dec. 6.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

One hundred and ffty-fve women are
now sitting in etate parliaments in Ger
many, nineteen of them being members
of the Prussian assembly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

The Newport parish of st. Mary's Star
of the Sea Church last evening was hon
ored by the unusual visit of one of the
princes of the Catholic church. His Emf
nence- Cardinal Nasaire l.. Begun of
Quebec. 1t was the first and only time
in the so years of history of the Newport
parish that such a high ecclesiastical dig
nitary has ever honOred the city of New
port with his presence. Cardinal Begun
IS over so years of age and was conse-
Grated cardinal at the same time that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
VERMONT NEWS.

The Vermont Teachers association will
hold their convention at the Sherwooq
hotel at Burlington on Dec. u, 16 and h.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04
Mann mon ION an over dc sac

Many men from al over the state are
registering for the short courses to be
given at the state college of agriculture
beginning Dec s and continuing until Jan.
%. each course being six weeks in length.
One woman has also written in desiring
further information regarding the courses
offered, and will probably register
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

Mrs Ismay Clarity of Wilder, who en-
bezzled money from the postofice in that
town, was fined S1.0o4.S3 in u. S. court
at Montpelier yesterday. This amount
she took from the postofice. She is the
mother of son in the regular army and
against her was mol pressed. Percy Kier
of Craftsbury was fined $500 for embez-
cling funds from the postoffice in that
town. Kier was short that amount when
an inspector checked him up. He paid the
fine. --"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-04

Peter, the four-year-old son of Mrs.
Josephine Murray Of Water street, is
lying at the st. Adams hospital today in a
very serious condition on account of
burns received at his home yesterday noon
while playing with matches. The child
sustained burns on practically every part
of his body, the most serious being about
the neck and arms.
, 1920-02-03
Executive Order No. 8.

THE folio ing additional Regulations
: governing the sale of bay run pro
muigated in pursuance of law. will be
effective within the Virgin Islands ofsthe
United States on andafter February /,
1920:
Bay Rum shall he sold only on deliv-
ely of a permit issued by the Po-
lice Department.
Applicants for permit must satisfy
the Police Department that the
applicant will not use the bay rum
TO" beverage purposes.
Section 4 of Executive Order No. 2,
dated July 7th, 1919, wherein such sales
were authorized upon the buyers Drior
delivery to the seller Of an application
to purchase, is hereby amended accord
ingly.
j " OMAN.
GoU6rnOr
, 1920-02-03
HIGH COST OF LIVING HAS NOT
HIT THE HAREM.

The cost of living IN turkey may %
going up. but So long as wives continue
to be plentiful and a Turkish mar has
81 Is in his leather wallet he can keep a
coup)e of laps ahead of the game.
This is the gist Of the report recently
made by Professor j. Z. Xenides, an
official Of an Asia Minor relief commits
sion. when asked regarding the condl-
lions which now prevail in that locality,
Professor Xenid S recently returned
from CONSTANT lople.
The professor went on tos Y hat no
Turk will be f, reed to go to work so long
as noIygamy continue in the klngdonot
the srar and crescent. We may set ali our
anxie ses at rest; tie true Moslem has
no fear that he must hunt a job. The
market value of Wives-goOd, strong nus
XIV ones is only $l.35, and they are a
1oreat deal c eaper and better to keep
than mules.
q So rhe poorer classes Of Mohammedans
are disnenslng with their mules, donkeys
and other beasts of burden, says the pro-
lessor, in preference for wives.
DIR. Xenides has spent years IN the
Orient and has studied social conditions
there.
TURKS INCREASE HAREMS.
The Turks are not r~e!inqulshlng their
barnms he says. If anything, the
number of harems is increasing. In
MANY quarters expensive draft ANIMALS
are being replaced with wives VINO are
expected to do the work and may be had
for a mere song in the matrlm NAL mar
ket. -
He then added that in the agricultural
regions of the ottoman Empire the cost
, 1920-02-03

NSlED Y. l. y. ,. =, ohD
OF donkeys, horses and oxen is SO high
that the Turks have fonnd it far more
economical to stock up with brides.
Notwithstanding this, DR.. Xenides tx
plains that polygamy is decRfasing.
Figures slow. he said, that the
average wealthy MosIem finds his domes-
tic happiness varies in inverse rates
with the number of women IN his
household. The high cost Of liv-
1ng doas no, cause a Turk to cut
down his harem. Quite the opposite.
The Well-to do Turks are espouslng mo
nogamJ. The poorer ones, who feel the
pinch of hard times and the need tor
economy augment their harems.
Those who are wealthy enough and
crave happiness have but one wife.
WAR CAUSED SURPLUS OF WOMEN
The war has caused a great surplus OF
women in Turkey. A man may ouy
one for less thar he can a hat. women
not of the Mofammedan faith may be
had cheaper than any others. ms mas
served to keep sfhe price low
When the prices OF CONNIE dltles soar
ed, explained he professor The lurK
laced a crisis. He feared that he could
not De supported III JIG loHuA' -. '-FtS
he had been accustomed. Work ioomed
perilously near.
Turkish officials solved the difficulty by
seizing thousands of Armenians and Sy-
rian women, whose husbands or male re-
latives haQ been killed IN the massacres.
The women were put on the at elton
block and many harems were filled at
prices ranging from Is to 80 cents, Dr.
Xemides continues, SOME attractive Wo-
men brought as much as S.. The money
went TO the officials who had been lnstru-
mertal in obtaininlng the commodity.
The professor than said that women
who are not of the Moslem faith Do not
make as good wives as those OF thelrown
nationality, owing to the fact that they
rebel at harem life, refuse to become
Mohammedans, and attempt to escape al
the least opportunity. The Turks favor
them solely because they are good work
ers. NJ.
v hen the commanders of the allied
troops ordered non-Turkish women re
leased. hundreds were turned out, Wit =
out food or clothing TO starve. The near
est Reli + Committee at l Madison Ave
nue.. is now giving relief to these.
1900
, 1920-02-03
THE ST. CROIX AVIS .

HHE ST. CROIX AVIS
is printed und published daily (~Sttndays,
and Holidays ~e1cepted) 9y G. Joh1nsen
ut the AVis Office,
"ERMS---5O cents monthly IN GdUGnc8,
9 cents per single copy.
Entered as second-clGsS matter May
18th 1870 the Post Office at Christian
<teti. st. CroGr, V. |. OF the q. 5. A.. IN
der the Act Of March 3. 1879
Contribution to this paper WiU be glad
Ly received when the same deals With mat.
ters OF general interest, and IS occompd-
Med with the author,s name, as a quar-
nntee of oood faith. The editor cannot be
RESPONSIBLE for the views of has correspon-
dents nor does he necessarily endorse them.
, 1920-02-03
St. CrOix Swukkerfabrik.

THE Factory's sca'es will be tested
i by the Company together with two
Cane-deIiverers or THURSDAY THE
9TH INST. as follows:
Adjustment of the weights at the Gus
to~o House 2 o'clock pm.
Testing of the scale at the Factory Sta
ton q O'Clock pm.
Testing of the scale at the Peters Rest
Station 3 O'Clock pm.
Testing Of the s"aIe at the Sion Farm
~Stationa21 O'Clock pm.
Cane-deli7Vfers are invited to be pre-
sent at the testing.
Chri tianstpd, LIST February 1920.
AXEL BERLA ND.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-20
Santa Fe Well Preserved Under
Government Control.
Lost Only 8 Per Cent of Stan.
dard, Koontz Declares.
EQUIPMENT BADLY SCATTERED
Road Has 60,142 Cars, Belong.
ing to Every System.
Santa Fe Pays Half of All Rail.
road Taxes in Kansas.

An appeal to the public to coop
crate with them in getting the rail-
roads back to their pre-war forms
was extended by prominent Santa Fe
officials in their addresses Thursday
night at the banquet of the Hutchin-
son Chamber of Commerce.
j. r. Koontz, assistant freight traf-
fic manager. Topeka, gave some in
teresting facts concerning the present
conditions of the Santa Fe E. L.
Copeland, secretary and treasurer. en-
dorsed the new railroad law and de-
clared it would establish railroad
credit and win the confidence of the
public. w. R. Smith, solicitor, told
of the early days in Kansas and what
the railroads have done to build up
the country.
Koontz, in his talk, said the II, 900
miles of Santa Fe railroads, best in
the world, had been preserved thru
the period of government control to
such extent that it could now be listed
as 97.6 per cent of Santa Fe standard.
I'VE have" he said, "2,301 locomo-
tives, condition not yet determined.
but generally believed to be, owing to
Santa Fe efficiency and loyalty, al
most 100 per cent
Equipment Scattered.
I'VE have 1921 freight cars. SUBJ
divided $3.50 box, 1900 gondolas.
9,S03 refrigerators, 1881 stock, 3,320
oil tanks, 2.2O1 flats. 1000 cabooses,
$500 ballast and Maintenance of way
cars, balance miscellaneous. Much of
this equipment, under the inspiration
of unification, was scattered to all
parts of the country and its condition
is unknown at this time. Its recov-
cry. or equivalent in Santa Fe stand
ard. is desired in order to properly
conduct your business, which is ours
I'VE have on hand for operation of
the 10000 miles of railroad, 6O,142
cars, belonging to practically every
railroad in the United States
Move Wheat Crop.
Koontz pointed out that the railroad
had recorded a desire to move as
early as possible last years wheat crop
still on the hands of farmers and ele-
vators, estimated at 100000 BUSH
els, as well as thousands of cars OF
other field products not only in Kan
sas. but in Oklahoma and Texas.
Building material leaders, he said,
claim to have been greatly restricted
during the war, one industry,-the
cement manufacturers of southeastern
Kansas-claiming to have on their
books uncancelIed orders for 100
cars. Flour mills, brick, sal soda and
ash manufacturers are also haTd,, up
for cars, he declared.
During two years of federal con-
troll said koontz. the clrrIC-.s :. e
furnished. according to the director