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Dr.. Brown he'd the rank of captain
during tho war and served In training
CALEDONIA co. TEACHERS
CLOSE CONFERENCE

81. Johnsbury. Jan The ffth an
nua, conference Of the Caledonia County
Teachcrs' association closed a three days
session here Saturday noon. These off,
GERS were elected for the coming year
President. Q, y. Mathewson of Lyndon
vile; vice-presidcnt. Helen S. Williams
OF DanVlle: secretary, Anna l.. Atkin-
son of Newbury; treasurer. Ethclyn NJ
Shepard of Concord: executive committee
]. A. Davis of 81. Johnsbury. G. A.
Jameson OF West Burke and Anna NJ
Stevens of st. Johnsbury
Public interest in the convention CEN
tered In the inter-cOunty spelling match
Saturday morning between two contest
ants from Caledonia county and two from
Orleans county. In previous contests
boys and girls from most of the towns
in tho two counties had been spelled down
until these worc in the finals Florence
Miles Of Irasburg and Adelaide Hum
phrey Of Newport, representing Orleans
county and Lucille Hartwcll Of Lyndon-
vile and James Ramsey Of McIndocs.
representing Caledonia county James
Ramsey spelt plentcous with an i. Ade-
laide Humphrey put n second in term
inal instead Of an n, and Lucille IIartwcll
put an !, in the second syllable of dis
burse. This left Florence Miles win
ner of most interesting contest that
lasted 30 minutes.
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Briggs Gets Year

Middlebury, Jan. 26--Chief Judge Sher-
man +. Mouton and Assistant Judges
Charles S. James and Harry " Sears
held a final session of the Addison coun-
ty court at three O'Clock this afternoon.
after n recess since December 10 The
first matter taken up was that of the
sentencing of clyde Briggs of New Hav-
en- found guilty December IL by a jury
on an information charging him with
rape The sentence was that the respon-
dent should serve not less than one year
nor more than one year and six months
at hard labor IN the house of correction
at Windsor.
In the case of the Addison County CO.
operative Dairy company. Inc. vs. the
Country Milk company, Inc. and the Co
operative Producers Marketing associa-
ton and entry of discontinued was made
and the case of Joseph Blair, appellant
was marked with the court. In the case
of the Coon Ice Cream company VS.
Charles Davis n continuance was entered
and the case of Ruby |. and A. w. Bell
VS. Milo X. Moore was discontinued After
an interval of an hour taken for the pur-
pose of procuring the attendance of a
witness one other matter was taken up
briefly and then shortly after four clock
lN declared the December term of the
Addison county court adjourned without
udt.
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III. w. WIS WILL BE
TRIED FOR MURDER
sequel to Arntstice Day Tragedies AT
CcntrnIia, Washington

Montesano. Washington. Jan ga
regular venire of so men and a special
venire of 800 to-day had been summoned
for the opening of the trial of II Indus
trial Workers of the World charged with
murder in connection with the shooting
to death of four former soldiers at
Ccntralia, on Armistice day. Defense
counsel had announced however, that a
second request for change Of venue
would be made. The trial was transferred
to Montcsana, seat of Gray's Harbor
from Lewis country. where the
shooting occurred. Defense counsel then
as now charged sentiment against the de-
PENDANTS would deprive them of fair
trial.
1t has. been estimated that ten weeks
will he necessary for the trial. The pros
ecution has a list of more than 800 wit
nesses and the defense is said to present
fully 100.
Ten defendants are charged specfical-
ly with the murder of 1t Warren o
Grimm, leader in the Armistce day
parade.
The eleventh man, Elmer Smith. Cen
tralia attorney, is charged with being an
accessory before the fact in the alleged
conspiracy to shoot the former service
men as they marched in parade,
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STEAMER DRIVEN 1.50G
MILES OFF HER COURSE
started from New York for st. johns
Was Blown 10 the Azores

New York Jan. 25--Drven Loo miles
off her course by q cyconic blizzard
which ragged for four. days while on
trip from New York to st Johns. y. r.
the Norwegian steamer Puma arrived
member of the crew who was washed
overheard and lacking life boats, doors
and fittings, which were either torn
away by the storm or burned for fuel
Tho steamer loft here December for
St. Johns and four days later encountered
terrific wind storm and blizzard The
small craft, caught in the center OF the
storm. WAS blown into the mid Atlantic
and forced TO head for the Azores because
of lack of fuel. The coal became OK
hausted before land was reached and all
available wood work was burned Water
poured into the crews quarters and they
were forced to seek refuge in the 50 loon
and to huddlc around the funnel in order
TO keep warm.
1t was impossible to cook warm food
and for three or four days the crew sub
sisted on dry bread and water. Waves
swept over the decks. tearing away life
boats. smashing doors and flooding the
staterooms. Ludwig Larsen. a coal trim
ner. was washed overheard in the midst
of the storm, The battered craft finally
made the Island of Fayal in the Azores
and there obtained enough coal TO carry
her back TO New Foundland Captain
Gunderson, the skipper. declared that he
never had encountered such a storm in
more than 30 years experience.
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ANOTHER ORGANIZATION
WITH A LONG NAME
"American Civil Libcrtles' Union" IL
Launched at New York

New York, Jan. 26.--Thc formation Of
new organization to be known as the
American Civil Liberties Union "to cham
pion in the highest courts the civil lib
erty rights of persons and organizations
was announced here tonight by Profess
sor Harry r. Ward of the Union Theo-
logical Seminary. who will head the
union. Others VINO will serve on the en-
ecutive committee will be Halen Phelps
stokes treasurer. Albert De Silver and
Roger y. Baldwin. Walter Nellcs is to be
chief counsel
On the national committee of the new
organization are James II. Maurer presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania State Fedora
ton OF Labor: Duncan Mcdonald. presi-
dent of the Illinois State Federation Of
Labor Helen Keller Morris Hillquit,
Jane Adams. Prof. Robert Morse Lovctt
and John Sayrc.
The union, according to Professor Ward
viii fight in the courts all attempts to
violate the right of free speech free
press and peaceful asscmblage. adding
that il was proposed 10 keep industrial
struggles in conformity with the Consti-
tuition OF the United States and Of the
several States of the Union"
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THE SUPER HEN

From the Waterbury Republican,
4 brief dispatch from Cleveland. Ohio,
makes it appear that an immcmorlal
dream of poultry keepers and other folk
Of a speculative turn OF mind is about
to come true. Alton f.. Briggs, presi-
dent of the National Poultry, Egg and
Butter Association, in an address Mt the
annual convention Of the association, an
nounced that super chickens. capable of
laying super Gigs. arc being bred and
in the near future will reach the public
These fowls, he says, will be able to
produce eggs two or three times their
present size and these eggs will sell for
but little moro than eggs do now. Thus
the super hen will do much to lower
the cost of living.
For AGES this possibility has engaged
the attention of the ingenious. With his
mind turning TO the ostrich, man has
wondered if the domestic hen could not
be somehow Burbankcd 10 produce eggs
as large as the ostrich does without
, lessening the number of her output FL
1 forts have been made with electricity
and with all sorts of feed to stimulate
the faithful hen to double or triple the
size of her egg The aid of mental sug-
| gestion has been sought and ostrich eggs
| conspcuously displayed IN the coop have
! been employed in the hope that they
would flll the hen with the spirit of emu
| laton But il must be confessed that all
! these efforts have met with but Sigh,
success.
! Nov hoWcVc- II would seem that the
| goal ia to he reached by increasing the
! size OF the hen. IL We interpret Mr.,
/ BriegsS phrase super hen" Alright. This
! after all would seem TO be the logical
! way to Get at IL. Perhaps Mr.. Briggs
has succeeded in crossing the hon with
! the ostrich or some other much larger
! bird. " 50 the result will not only help
the table and the pocketbcok but will
also add TO the interest of the barnyard.
: A flock of Mr.. Briggss super chickens,
each about the size OF a yearlinR calf
will help greatly to increase the variety
| OF life. Think, for instance, of leading
the rooster of the flock to the chopping
! block
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CHAMPION SPELLER
Miss Florence Miles Winner Of Grn d. d
school Contest In Orleans and
Caledonia Counties

st. Johnsbury. Jan. 26.--Miss Florence
Miles of Irasburg is the champion graded
school speller of Orleans and Caledonia
counties according to the decision at the
finals in the inter-county spelling contest
held in this city to-day. This spelling
contest is one of a series being conducted
for graded schools in the state by the
Board of Education.
The contest started in connection with
the county teachers meetings held in
Orleans and Caledonia counties, January
q and q. respectively. In Orleans county
on the End. some IS pupils representing
the various towns Of the county spelled
against each other for more than two
hours and half before they could be
spelled down to two pupils In Caledonia
county on the 23rd. some 80 pupils from
the towns of the county gathered and an
other battle royal was held, in which il
war found impossible to eliminate the
last three contestants, and these. with the
two winners of the Orleans county con-
test. met in deadly spelling combat on
the 2ith. Similar spelling matches will be
held in other counties Of the state during
the year.
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OYSTERS WILL SOON
BE IN LUXURY CLASS
Continued Existence In New York, Con-
nccticut and Rhode Island Threatened

Albany. y. Y, Jan. 2s.-Oysters once
plentiful and considered frugal repast,
gradually are being classed as luxuries
and soon will become delicacy. If de-
pletion OF tho natural growing areas con-
tinue. in the opinion of State Conserva-
ton Commissioner George d. Pratt in his
annual report, soon to be presented to the
Legislature. Pollution of waters in which
oysters ordinarily spawn is believed to
DO the reason for the decrease.
The decline Of tho oyster industry with
In the last five years has reached a point
where continued existence in New York,
Connecticut and Rhode Island is serious
ly threatened. says the report. Remedial
measures. even to the extent of artifi-
cal propagation, are discussed.
The war indirectly is held responsible
for the decrease, the tremendous devel-
opment of industries along the Connec-
ticut rivers flowing into Long Island
Sound, where most Of the oysters are
bred, having caused a great increase in
the waste carried off by the rivers.
State owned oyster beds under cultiva-
ton have shrunk nearly thirty per cent
in area within the past few years and
the revenue to New York from rental
has fallen off proportionately.
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TALCOTT WILLIAMS At
SUMMER SCHOOL
Distinguished New York News.
paper Man and First Director
of Columbia School of Jour.
nalism TO Deliver Series of
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do 100000 BUSINESS
Green VT. Fire Insurance Co. Has An
nunI Necting-Max l.. Powell
Trustee

Montpelier. Jan. 27.-The annual meet
ing of the Green Mountain Fire insurance
Company, Inc, was held at it's Office to-
day and the following trustees were
elected: Hugh j. NJ. jones' George l..
Blanchard, Edward H. ,Jeavitt, +. Julius
Nolholm, William F. Harlow of Mont
pelier. Harry Daniels of East Montpelier.
l.. a. Cobb of Island Pond. S. A. Daniels
of Bratteboro. James +. Dewey OF
Dewcys Mills j. W. Fowler of Manches-
ter, A. Barber Noyes of St. Johnsbury.
Max l.. Powell of Burlington, G. +.
Schoff of st. Adams and F. l.. Walker OF
Bellows Falls.
At the meeting of the trustees the fol-
lowing were elected officers: President,
II. j. NJ Jones; first vice-presdent G. L.
Blanchard; second vice-presdent c. T..
Schoff; secretary. w. A. Ellis; treasurer,
f. II. Deavitt; assistant treasurer. w r.
Harlow.
The secretarys report shows that over
100000 Of business had been written in
seven months and that the olicyholdcrs'
protection amounted $4,000.
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DIOCESAN CONVENTION
MEETS HERE NEXT WEEK
BrattleborO Hotels Unable TO
Care for Delegates, Episcopa.
Iians Will Come TO Burlington
for Meeting on Wednesday
and Thursday February 4-5

The i30th annual convention Of the
diocese OF Vermont. scheduled to be neld
in Brattleboro next week, will be held
in this city instead. 1t was found that the
Brattleboro hotels would be unable to
caro- for the delegates because all avail
able rooms had been reserved for mem
bers Of the Holstein- Eriesan association,
which Is TO meet there next week. There
upon those in charge of the diocesan con-
vention naturally turned TO Burlington.
which has by far the best hotel accom-
rnodations of any place in the state, and
the church meeting will be held here on
Wednesday and Thursday, February
and 5.
1t is expected thai about 40 of the
clergy and lay delegates will arrive here
on Tuesday. the day before the convcn-
ton. The convention will meet for Or
ganization in tine parish house at nine
O. clock on Wednesday morning, February
4. The opening service will be at $50. the
celebration OF the Holy Communion. The
offerings will be for diocesan missions
At the close of the service the convention
will at once proceed TO business.
AZ II o'clock the bishops annual ad-
dress will be delivered. It is hoped
that the bishop of New Hampshire. DR..
C. NJ. Parker. will be present and adj
dress the convention in the afternoon on
the nationwide campaign. The evening
session OF Wednesday will be devoted to
the consideration Of the missionary work
of tho diocese.
| The boards and committees, already np-
pointed, will meet on Tuesday afternoon
Or evening, in order that their reports
may be ready fov presentation when
called fo. The parish rooms will be open
for the use of the clergy and lay dele
gates after evensong al 7:41 on Tuesday.
Luncheon will be provided on Wednesday
at one o'clock,
! The Rt Rev. A e, \. Eai!, bishop OF
Vermont. will preside at ne convention.
of which the Rev. Walter {. Bernard,
rector of ST. Michaels Church, Brattlc-
boro. is the secretary
The services during the convention will
be as follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING prayer. As p. m.
! MISUNDERSTANDING prayer and Holy
Communion. 700 a. m.
Holy Communion, $50 d. m.
| Evening prayer, 700 p. m.
! Thursday--Holy Communion. 5,N 4, m
morning prayer. 900 a. m
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LACK OF COAL CLOSES
2 RUTLAND INDUSTRIES

Rutland, Jan. 26.-AIorc than $50 wom-
en- we're thrown out of employment for
IA day or two and possibly longer by the
extreme cold to-day. At the house of cor
rectior building where the Tauber-L
tom company manufacturers. have A
branch the steam pipes were frozen and
II was necessary to suspend all work
The same condition obtained at the fac
tory of Hall, Hartwell & company. MAX
crs of lingerie.
The official temperature here this
morning was % degrees below zero.
equallinS the record of the Arctic winter
two years ago and being within one de-
gree of the lowest reading ever recorded
by the government weather bureau here,
less reliable thermometers went TO IS
below
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TRACTION COMPANY
SUED FOR $4,000
Colchester Woman Claims to
Have Received Injuries, from
Which She Has Not Recovered,
When Trolley Car Got Beyond
Control of MotOrman on Hill

Veronica Leyce Of Colchester has en-.
cred in Chttendcn county court through
hcr attorney J. ! iInright n case in
tort to secure the sum of 5000 from the
burlington Traction company The claim
in this case is thai the plaintiff while
riding on car OF tho defendants on
October "A. 1918. and while that car was
going down tho hill on Colchester avenue
10 Winooski. was thrown about in the
car and finally thrown out entirely, sus-
tanning serious injury to her limbs back.
arms and head. in vain endeayor to heal
which she has spent 800
The car which the plaintiff took ac-
cording to the facts set forth in the
papers filed, loft the city Hall at about
six o'clock on the night of October "a.
1918. bound over the hill to Wnooski. The
plaintiff claims that the motorman and
conductor operating this were not COM
petent to operate. that tho road bed was
not IN a proper and safe condition. that
the rails were encumbcred with dirt,
luaves and rubbish. and that the
company. had failed to apply sand
to the rails. so that the brakes did not
tako hold properly when the car started
down the hill from Colchester avenue.
! II is claimed, also, that the car wa.
not applied with tho proper appliances
% check ito speed on steep hills. And. II
/ s said. as n result of al, of these defects
the car attained terrific speed on the
| hin and got beyond the control Of the
motormap and conductor. who we nc
effective effort to stop it, but T. tr
its unrestraincd course around tn, s
Then. IT is said. the plaintiff WA. I'd
from one side of the car to the her
was pounded. bruised and injured against
the sides bottom and doors of the car
and was finally thrown out OF the cal
entirely resulting in the injuries above
noted
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LOST HIS BET

IT was the commercial room and the
conversation had turned on the topic Of
the powers Of endurance shown by men
of the past and present During lull
in the conversation one young CONNER
cial man said:
ANY man, If he has the viii power
can endure pain or fatigue, 7 know /
can
Silence for moment, and an old
man of the road" replied
'I'Il bet you a sovereign you can't mold
your foot--boot on-in bucket of hot
water as long as | can"
The bet was taken. and two buckets
of hot water were brought in and n ket-
tie of boiling water 10 raise the tempera-
urc to the point Of endurance. The
young ones face began to pale, but the
other called for more boiling water.
what the deuce is your leg made of
sir?" yelled the former, suddenly talk
ing foot from the bucket
Cork. sir-cork" was the cool an
aver. and the othec man felt that ho
had indeed lost.-Dallas News
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CARPENTERS ANNOUNCE
IN CREASE IN WAGES
Union Fixes Price at Seven Dol
lars per Day of Eight Hours
after April |. TO Which Con
tractors Will Add Practically
Another Dollar

If the plans Of tho Carpenters local
mateIialiae, after April !, it Will cost
about a dollar an hour to nave any
work done Tho locai. by vote of l2s
to six. mas decided to ask for an increase
OF IL IL cents per hour. which brings tho
wage up to 81 IL cents per hour. The
present wage is 20 cents per hour. This
means that the contractor will add az
least his ten cents per hour 10 the scale.
making the amount to be paid at least
- I-2 cents. This is for ii-hour week
with time and half for over time and
double time for Sundays The union was
granted an increase of ten cents per hour
last spring and was raised from 30 cents
to 60 cents before that. The union in
cludes practically every carpenter in the
"ity At the present time number Of
them are working in the mills, because
they prefer inside work during the win
ter, but all are employed. If this In
crease Is granted. the carpenters will re-
ceive $3.50 per week for straight time
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ASSISTANT FORESTER
Russell Watson Of Grnyling. Mich. to
&c Aid to ". &. Hastings

Montpelier, Jan. 25,--Russell Watson
of Grayling, Mich, has been appointed
assistant to w. e. Hastings, State for
ester and viii begin his duties about
the first of the month. Mr.. Watson does
not come to Vermont on account Of
any large salary offered because this
has not taken place, but because the
State department is branching out and
he will be in charge of the working
plan and silvics of the department in
that branch of the State government.
He has made study of this branch
of forestry since hoy. having COM
menced in the schools las youth. He
was in service in France during part
of the war.
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HOLD AUTOPSY ON
BODY OF MRS. SYMES
81. Johnsbnry Woman Shot by Hus-
band Probably Died Instantly

ST. Johnsbury, Jan. ..--Dr. 3. II. Stone
and Dr. c. F. Whitney returned to Bur-
iington Saturday afternoon. having con-
Quoted autopsics upon tho bodies of
Eddie Touissant and Mrs George H.
Symes. Mr.. Toussant dropped dead in
the ST. ]ohnsbury railroad station Fri
day afternoon and the doctors pro.
nounced his death due to heart failure
and found his heart abnormally large.
Mrs. Symes was murdered by her hus-
hand early Friday afternoon and the
autopsy revealed that Mr.. Symcs must
have held the revolver six or 10 inches
from her breast and that the bullet passed
directly through the heart and lodged in
the flesh In her back. Death must have
been instantaneous.
The funeral Of Mrs Symes will be held
at Grace Methodist Church Monday
afternoon and will be private
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FIRE THREATENS C. V.
RAILWAY TOWER

ST Adams. Jan. 1.-Two still alarms
called the fire department out during the
high wind storm last night and this
morning. A blaze about $50 O'Clock at
the home of Frank Ladue on Messenger
street in the partitions around the CHM
ncy was extingushed with chemicals.
About 1880 o'clock this morning fire
which started from an overheated stove
in the Central Vermont railway tower
on the Lake street crossing communicated
to the partitions and il was necessary
to use both chemicals and water to ex-
tineuish it. The burning of the tower
would have put practically all the yard
switches cut of commission.