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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-26

STRAYED-Brown and white birddog
pointer. Alexandria license No. 2.
Answers to name of "Joe." Liberal
reward<for information as to where
abouts or return to. PA North
Royal street. Telephone 320-J.
99-3p.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-26

OFFICE ROOMS FOR RENT-Smith
Building, ga King Street. Apply to
Carter Brothers, 1913 King Street
96-10t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-26

FOR SALE-Homcs in Del Ray, ST.
Elmo, and other sections. also new
modern homes in East Rosemont.
A. II. Agncw, GA King street.
Phone Ills. So-t1
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FOR SALE-Modern dwelling, fine
condition, 10 rooms and bath, cleo
trio lights and hot ain furnace, ga
rage rear of lot Is by lis, Del Ray.
Va. Laurence Stabler, 4l5 Prince
Street $3.50.
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FOR SALE-Sevcn passenger Sedan
A No. condition, a new tires, Z
spare tires, or will exchange Tor
1919 or 1920 Buick Coupe. Address
Box 2. Gazette Office. 97-4p
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CAPITOL JUNK CO.. 1910 King
street, Highest cash price paid for
uscd automobiles, brass. copper,
zinc, rags, iron, paper and maGa-
lines. Prompt attention TO phone
orders. Automobile parts or hand.
Ta,enhonc 559-W. lOO-6p
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NOTICE-Highest prices paid for
sentlemcn's cast off clothes and
shoes. Will call in city and su-
h:rbs Wofson, the tailor, 3OI
King street. Phone 1897 7l-tf
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FOR RENT-Three unfurnishet
rooms for light housekeeping,
cheap. on second floor. at house
5OG Oronoco street. Apply at lis
South st. Asaph street.
l00-1c
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NOTICE. am paying the highest
prices in cash for secondhand
furniture, carpets, stoves, etc.
Also buying waste paper in bales.
newspapers, books and magazines
Chas N. Rauch, Corner Cameron
End Royal streets. Phone S3S.
296-3.nop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
Jail for Grunau.

CHICAGO, April r6.-John Cru
nau, president of the Chicago
Yardmen's association, and H. E.
Reading, president of the United
Engine Mems association, the two
OUTLAW" railway unions, an
nounced today that they would go
to Jail on the governments charge
of conspiracy to violate the Lever
act.
The two, with ~ of their follow
ers, were arrested yesterday by
federal agents and released on
their own recognizance until
o'clock this afternoon to give them
a chance to obtain the $4,000 bond
set by Commissioner Mason.
81 can raise the required bail
with ease," Grunau said, but I
don't intend to do it. | question
the right of the government to ar
rest me. l have committed no
crime against the laws of the coun-
try, and if the government officials
want to put me in jail l won't
hinder them"
Reading concurred in the state
ment.
Department of justice agents
were hunting today for fvs men
who escaped the dragnet spread
over union meetings yesterday.
One Of the FIVE is Bennett Dolan,
"four minute" speaker during the
war and brother of a former
municipal judge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
WOMEN RAISED OVER
$500 LAST YEAR
Annual Meeting Of Woman's s Society
of First Baptist Church-Secured
S1,006 for Jubilee Fund.

year which has shown good financial
returns to the treasury of the Women's
society of the First Baptist church has
lust closed with more than 81 800 raised,
81 100 Of which was secured for the jubi
lee fund in commemoration of the 50th
of the Foreign Missionary
society. and this viii be applied on the
SIS 600 quota Of the local church in five
years ,toward the SIO0,0000 900 campaign
OF the Northern Baptist Convention.
The organiI alton also has set aside
Sl00 toward new piano, paid $50 TO
Kurn Hattin Home in Westminster. $50
toward church calendars, $50 on current
expenses of the church 1t also has $500
in Liberty bonds and sl57 in cash. The
women already have pledged 5000 toward
the church expenses of the coming year.
During the past year two concerts were
given. several socials We're held, also a
rummage sale. and several suppers were
served.
The officers elected yesterday were as
follows: Pres. Mrs. ". B. Smith, vice
pres, Mrs +. L. Knowlton; sec, Mrs
George Fl. Wilder; treas. Mrs. F. !. Ely;
chairmen Of committees foreign mis-
sions Mrs f. s. Knight; home missions
Mrs. Enos White; hospitality. Mrs. O. G
Covey: ways and means. Mrs. W. B
Douglas; parish, Mrs. W. Fl Haigh.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
LEGION STAND Is
ENDORSED BY G. A. r.
Resolutions Approving Action on War
Compensation Act-Will Cooper
ate as to Memorial Day.

Resolutions passed recently by Sedg
wick post. G. A. r., expressing hearty
approval of the action taken by Brattle-
boro post, No. ), American Legion. on the
war compensation act were read IN the
regular meeting of the Legion last eve
ming.
In the business session committee
consisting of Leon l. Leader, Frank ?.
Philbrick and Alphonse G. Ratte. was
appointed to confer with Sedgwick post,
.G. A. r., in regard to Memorial day exer-
cises, the object being for the Legion to
work with the Grand Army in carrying
out their plans An athletic committee
also was appointed. IT consists q Fran
els A. Dunlevy as chairman, Paul A.
Chase and Edward Vail
Bennett Springer Of Boston then gave
an entertainment which was received en-.
Enthusiastically 1t consisted Of sleight O
hand, cartistry and other amusing stunts
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
ULTIMATUM BY RAILROADS.
Will Give Brotherhoods Until Saturday
Noon to Get Men Back.

NEW YORK, April I6.-The Railroad
General Managers Association of New
York last night delivered an ultimatum to
the Big four" railroad brotherhoods CIV
ing them until noon Saturday, to have
their men report for work.
After that time it stated the railroads
will themselves open their book for a
period of "a hours ending at noon Sunday
for such men as register during that per
iod and who are acceptable, who win be
taken back into the service. retaining
their roster rights"
In any event" the ultimatum, added,
'.the railroads retain the right to refuse
to reinstate or rc-employ certain employees
who have shown during the period ot
trouble by violence, seditious utterance,
intimidation or other weiF-detined means,
ar unftness for further railroad service.
]. II. Mantell, spokesman for the gen
eral managers. said he had previously
asked the public to bear with the railroad,
for few DAYS in order to give the CRANE
officers Of the brotherhood organizations
who had arrived from the Nests an oppor
tunity to bring the outlaws back int
,hc service Of the roads.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
ROBBERS KILL TWO
AND GET $4,000
Guard Instantly Killed, and Paymaster
Dies in HoSpital-Officers Search
ing in Several States.

EI3AINTREE, Mass, April l6-Fred-
aroS Pafmenter. paymaster for the Slater
4 Morrill,, shoe manufacturers, died today
at the Quincy hospital, the second victim
of the band If robbers who yesterday stole
the s30,000 payroll Of the company. Par
menter underwent an operation last night
and bullet was removed from his ah-
damrn Ailesandro Barandelli. a guard,
was killed instantly The police today
Wcsc searching Ia -ovaral states for tho
robbers
TO cover tic j aps.y. winch wae ac-
conpiishe,i by JN5 BE msa. tseo others
kept eight al,a,ers under lee cov,i OF
pistols and tired .Nice nto fBel3ly win
dows to drive away employees Tie tgud
fed in an automobile which was driven up
hv fifth member. and escaped 'o"ard
| Brockton by opening ire on q r1lroad
crossing tender who tIled t. drop the
| crossing gates IN ther path,
| Pafmenter and Barandelh were taking
| the money In a box from the oitice Of thC
company in South l}raiutree 10 its siot
| factory on the opposite side Of me tracks
/ Of the New York, New Haven and Hart
/ ford railroad As they wee wai"tng a'en'
| Pearl street toward tte factory, am au
| tomohile drew mp a short distance away
and four armed men sprang out. Two
| them opened fire on the paymaStet aH'
his guard and two others made tas'
for Dit IN the street nearby, where tie
covered the laborers.
| Rarandelh fell at the first shot and IT,
paymaster was wounded immedateI
d afterward but sought safety in the irene
j, with the laborers where he was SUI
iected to fire from q sawed-off gun and a
automatic pistol. The men directed war
ING pistols and rife shots at the sho
windows and at pedestrians and the
picked I'm the paybox and fed IN I'll
automobile.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
GIRL STRIKE BREAKER
RUNNING ELEVATORS
New York Buildings Able to Keep Part
Of Their Elevators in Operation
Tenants Are Delighted

NEW YORK, April 16.-Girl strk
breakers running elevators today enabled
lawyers, financiers and other tenants Of
sky scrapers that make canyons in the
Wall street district, to get to their offices
without walking up more flights of stairs
than there are anywhere else III the
world
Tenants of the 54th floor of the Wool
worth building, the 10th floor of the
Equitable building and the goth hoor Of
many other office and business structures
were overioyed to find that the strike 81
elevator men called today was not 50 scr
ions as to shut off service entirely. II
the Woolworth and Singer buildings II
was announced that nearly all the eleva
tors were being operated by women. The
Equitable building had 30 Of its 63 cars
operating to lift its population of more
than 10000 to their offices.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
PLAN DISCUSSION
OF MILK PLANT
Eight Community Meetings Arranged
by President Parmelee, Agent
Frost and Committeeman.

A series Of eight community meetings
for the purpose of discussing the country
milk plant plan is being arranged by +.
j.. Parmelee Of Putney, president of the
Windham county branch of the New Eng
land Milk Producers association. County
Agent w 2. Frost and the committeeman
from each district.
The object of the group meetings is to
give producers in every community an
opportunity to say what they would like
in the way Of plant and what constitu-
tion and bylaws they would approve
Whites the dates and places of the
various meetings have not been decided
definitely. it is known that the first
meeting will he held Wednesday evening
in the home of r. A. Richardson in West
Chesterfield. All of the meetings will be
held in the evening so as not to interfere
with the work of the farmers. who are es-
pecially busy at this time of year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
STRIKERS RETURNING.
SER VICE IMPROVING
IN RAILROAD STRIKE

men returned to their posts, but serv-
ice on one road was still further Grip
pied by sporadic walk-outs. There was
a general improvement in passenger
service due to use of volunteer train
crews, and receipt of two substantial
shipments Of foodstuffs was announced,
but on at least three important roads
no freight was moving and other serv-
ice was seriously hampeTed.
On the New York, New Haven and
Hartford sudden walk-outs" were
reported No freight was moving on the
road. Thousands of commuters were
brought to work on scores Of trains
manned by volunteers. Other volun-
teers were in training or acting as
guards including American Legion
members and collegians. Major Jack
II. Baker, brother Of the secretary of
war. was called from his home at Cald-
we'll. y. j.. today to take his turn as
fireman on a volunteer train
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
Had Been Ill for Months.

NEW YORK, April Theodore \.
Vail who died II Baltimore today had not
been in his usual health for a period Of
months, II. Y Thayer, president Of the
American Telegraph Telephone Co said
today. IN January Mr. Vail went South,
but instead OF recovering his health as he
expected he rapidly grew worse Mr.
ihqyer said Last week he was taken
to John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore
for observation aud treatment and after
bis arrival there his condition was found
I SO serious that his friends realized that ms
recovery was improbable and that the end
could be expected at any time Mr. Vail
never had spared himself mentally 81
physically
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
PRESENTS PICTURE
TO BRATTLEBORO
Miss Ada A. Gilbert of Allston, Mass,
Gives Engraving Showing This
Village Many Years Ago.

Town Clerk Carl s Hopkins has Just
received as a gift to the town of Brat
tleboro a large colored engraving of
the settled part of the village as it
looked many years ago, from Miss Ala
Ann Gilbert of Allston, Mass, native
of Brattleboro and daughter Of the
late DR. Daniel Gilbert Of this town
1T is in a gilt frame and will be hung
in the town building.
The picture is very interesting, and
while the date is not given the picture
was made after the railroad was built,
as the railroad is shown in the picture.
1t probably was made in the early 80 :.
There are comparatively few build-
ings and streets, and on the site of the
Boston & Maine railroad arch bridge
over the mouth of MILESTONE brook
there was at that time a covered bridge.
The Baptist church stood west Of where
the Princess theatre now stands. The
present Unitarian church had rot been
built and the high school building was
net the one now standing.
1t Is a valuable picture from a his
torjcal viewpoint and the town ap-
preciates the gift.
Miss Gilbert was 81 years old Apri
rs. Her sister, Helen Sewal Gilbert
was 50 years old April ,. A brother
DR.. Daniel Dudley Gilbert, who was {
prominent Boston physician, died II
Dorchester II years ago at the age o.
"A. The three children were borr
in Brattleboro Miss Helen Gilbert i
in III health, and because of their plaI
to break up the home the picture j
| given to the town in order that it ma,
| be preserved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
MORE FREIGHT
IN NEW ENGLAND
Some Coal Sent Into This
Territory - Passenger
Service Better Through
out the Country-Strikes
Are Crumbling in the
West - WalkOuts on N.
Y, N. HI. K H.
Y, N. H. & H.

Return Of strikers and improvement
in service were reported today BY rail
roads in various sections Of the coun-
try as the newly appointed railroad
labor board assembled in Washington
for it's FIRST session to consider the wage
demands Of rail workers. In the New
York district where volunteer crews
continued to man trains in increasing
numbers there were conflicting reports
concerning the number of men who had
returned after the railroad last night
had delivered an ultimatum that their
last chance would expire tomorrow
noon. Some roads announced that
strikers were flocking back, others re-
ported sporadic walkouts, crumblng of
strikes in the Central end Far West
was Indicated
Improvement in service also was re
ported in the Middle West. Almost
normal operation was reported by
many roads leading into Pittsburgh
with passenger service generally i'm
proved throughout the country in
creased freight shipments were report
cd in New York and New England dis
tricts. New England points reporte,
arrival Of more freight including Goa
than any day since the strike sprea
To the East
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
vERMoNTERs FOR HOOVER.
F. Fl. Brooks and F. E. Langley Attend
Conference in. Boston.

BOSTON, April l6.-An enthusiastic
conference Of representatives from the
New England States ofethe movement for
Hover as nominee for President on the
Republican ticket was held at the Ex-
change club yesterday.
Those present included Frank II Brooks
of St Johnsbury and Frank f. Langley
of Barre.
Mr. Brooks stated that there was
great enthusiasm for Mr. Hoover in Yer
mont. The men actively interested in
some Of the centers include w. {. John
son, Barre; D. c. Babbitt, Rutland; Prof
s. f Emerson, Vermont University; W
r. Jones, Waitsfeld: Dean Perry, Barre
+. p Jose, johnson; G. Carson Ander
son. Woodstock; Rev. George s. Mills
Bennington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16

As president of the American Tele- |
phone and Telegraph Co, Theodore New
tom Vail was the head of the largest tel
cphone system in the world He was not
only It's nominal head, but he was from
the first the genius that promoted the
popular use of the telephone, the first man
To establish longdistance communication
hy telephone, and, when past % years Of
age, he was still the initiative head OF a
system that numbered 9000,000 telephone
subscribers and represented an Investment
| OF a billion and half dollars
/ Mr. Vail was known as "the biggest
! telephone man in the world, not only
| in tribute to his genius for both me-
chanical and financial organization but
| from the fact that he was personally man
lof remarkable physique He was six fcet,
two inches tall, and weighed about $50
lpounds With this great physique he had
nh infinite capacity for hard work. and a
genial disposition
He was born in Carroll county, O., July
Is, 1915, Of Quaker ancestry His father
Davis Vail, removed from Ohio to Morris
town, ~ j., when the son was four years
old, and became associated with a brother
Stephen Vail. who had founded the Speed
they built much Of the machinery for tn,
T first transatlantic steamship. Theodor,
Na was educated at the old academy a
Morristown. and for a time studied mcdi
lcinc, but becoming interested in the tel
egraph. he learned to operate the Ike,
cnd went West il 1868 as an operate
o for the Union Pacific railroad at Pin
Bluffs, Wyo
in 1890, Mr. Vail retired from the te
p ephone business for many years He pul
. chased a large farm at Lyndonvile, vt
AMI interested himself in agriculture.
al 1893 he made a trip 10 South America
as and, with his customary foresight. ga
i, the possibilities Of the Argentine Repul
IL lie He obtained from the government
f. concession near Cordoba. built an electr
" power station there, purchased horse-cS
ii line in Buenos Aires, converted it into
trolley line, formed a company an
-quipned it with the best ears from Il
United States, bought out all corn eth
he lines and gave the city a complete model
IT service The company wes compose
t, largely of British capitalists, and for son
time Mr. Vail had h,5 headquarters
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
Situation in New York.

NEW YORK. April 16-Leaders Of
the "big four" railroad brotherhoods
today renewed attempts to settle the
strike of rebellous railroad workers
before the utlimatum of the roads
managers to the outlaws expires at
noon tomorrow. Union leaders went
into n conference with strikers repre-
sentatives and Mayor Frank Hague IN
Jersey City and at the same time a
mass meeting of strikers opened IN
Hoboken.
FIRST indications were the railroads
announcement had made no appreci
able impression on the strikers A few
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
Centre Congregational Church
Children's Circus.

Animals, acrobats, side shows, clowns,
colored band, kitchen orchestra, Tom
Thumb wedding party, songs and dances
will be a part of the childrens circus
Saturday afternoon in Festival hall. Use
full and fancy articles candy, potted plants
peanuts, popcorn, lemonade, etc. will be
on sale. Admission to hall 20 cents. Doors
open at pm. A creamed fish supper Will
be served in the chapel at $50 and CID,
tickets so cents
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16

diac and kidney diseases. Death was sud
den. Mr. Vail having gone to the hospital
tins week for an examination He had
been spending a vacation at Jekyll island.
Ga. Mrs. Vail and niece were at the
hospital when the end came The funeral
will be held sunday at Parsippany, y J.
Mr. Vail retired as president Of the Amer
lean Telegraph and Telephone Co last
June and became chairman Of the board
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
GET TWENTY BARRELS OF LIQUOR.
Worcester Police Believe 1t Was Stolen
From a Boston Storehouse.

WORCESTER, Mass, April l6.-Twenty
barrels Of liquor valued at $4,000, believed
by the police to be part of the stock
stolen from a storehouse in the Brighton
district of Boston Sunday, were seized this
morning by federal officers in a raid on
the home of jeremiah J. Sullivan, a for
mer liquor dealer here Sullivan and a
former bar tender employed by him were
taken by the officers to Boston
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
Brattleb0rO Men Have OPP
ton on West Dummer-
stOn Quarry
GREAT BENEFIT TO
THIS TOWN LIKELY
No Better Building Granite Anywhere
and Outsiders Are Interested TO Sc
cure It-Big Demand Probable for
Years to Come.

Years to Come.
Within short time an effort will be
made TO interest local capital to acquire
the West Dummerston granite quarry
which is now owned by the w. y. Flynt
Granite Co. of Monson, Mass
After the death of the general man.
ager of the Flynt Co. year or more ago
some Brattleboro men, who had realized
the possibilities for the benefit of Brattle
boro in developing the quarry, entered
into an arrangement whereby they Sc
cured an option on the property when
the title passed to the Flynt Co. from
the George E. Lyons Granite Co. of West
Dummerston.
The Lyons Co. was heavily indebted to
the Flynt Co, the amount of the indebt
edness being upwards of $4,000, and in
an action in county court at the last Sep
tember term the title to the property was
acquired by the Flynt Co. for the amount
Of the Indebtedness.
A renewal of activities in the line of
development of the quarry is now in
contemplation and it is very much to be
desired that this be done in such way
that large benefit viii accrue to Brattle
boro rather than that foreign capital
take over the industry and develop it
for the benefit of some other community.
Experts have looked over the property
and say that for building purposes,
mausoleums and other uses to which
hammered stone may be put there is no
better granite outdoors than the West
J Dummerston granite. Outside parties
. are desirous of acquiring the deposit, but
] it is hoped that the development can be
, financed by Brattleboro capital.
| This would mean the construction of
granite cutting sheds in Brattleboro and
: the shipping of rough quarried stones here
TO be finished. and it would bring TO
E Brattleboro a large number of skilled
men, who would receive high wages
The deposit at West Dummerston is
E inexhaustible and the facilities for
. bringing the qnarried product to Brattle-
/; boro are far superior to those in many
: places which have experienced great bene
!. fits from their proximity to quarries.
!, There is a tremendous demand for
). building granite, and this demand is like
ly to continue for years to come.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
Universalist Church
Rev. D. e. Trout, Pastor.
Sunday, April 18.

1880 n. m.-Divne worship with SER
mon by the pastor. Subject, Prac-
teal Religion.
l1.45 a. m.-Sunday school session.
7.3O y. m.-Illustrated lecture by the
pastor. Subject, The Philippine
islands, study of the customs
occupations, social and political
life Of the people, and revela.
ti6n of the wonderful progress OF
these people during American oc
cupation of the islands. Specla
music by the choir.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-16
Shut Downs AyeTted.

BOSTON, April 16.-The arrival of
more freight, including coal, than had
come into New England on any day
since the strike Of railroad employees
spread to the East, created marked i'm
provement today in the regional trans
portation and industrial situation.
Drastic cuts in railroad passenger
schedules and a general industrial shut
down were believed to have been
aVprted.