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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
TALK OF THE TOWN

William Cummings was among the
number 70 leave here today for the
Boston Automobile show
Edson Martin Of Williamst0wn was
brought to Barre Sunday afternoon and
taken on the evening train TO the state
hospital a. Waterbury.
In the honor list of Spaulding high
school given yesterday. the name of
Miss Marion Locsrno wss omitted from
the second honor roll II the Junior
class
Charles Chisra,aHi of the r. W
Hooker s Co furniture store received
Telegram this morning summonin-
him 70 Springfield, Mas, beause ~
the serions illness n = cousiu. Eu-
rer6o CanaldL
Mr. and Mrs. william Inrcs of Ouiu
~. Mas. srr stopping a. TIE homo =
Nr. aui Mr-. Thomas Jeffrey o. -
CHrrier street They recently returned
~ this c5ty after tao years al,-rnrr-
Mr. Inngs bersn work ve@eriay st
tha y 4 BurAee & Go. shei
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
JOHN EASTMAN DIcKEY
Was Born in East Orange and Died in
Barre Town.

John i. Dfckey, a native of Orange
and resident of that town, Washing
ton and Barre Town all his life. passed
away yesterday afternoon at his home
in Websterville after several years OF
i'll health He sustained a shock six
years ago and had not been able to at.
tend to his usual work since that time,
being for nearly year patient in the
City hospital.
John Eastman Diekey was born in
East Orange March s, ls43, the son of
Ransom and Annis trastmanl Dickey
and his early life was spent in that
town. He followed the occupation Of
farming for many years. residing for a
time in Washington and then going to
Barre Town.
Mr. Dickey was married in 1865 to
Ruth Button of Orange, who survives
him and who is with her daughter,
Mrs. +. r. Slater in Burlington. There
are three other children surviving, they
being Ransom Dickey of Saulte Saint
Marie Mich. Mrs Frank Tillotson of
Proctor and Mrs. Gilman H. Crowell Of
Concord. y. IT. There are also two
brothers of Mr. Diekey living, they
being the last of family Of IS chill
dren. The names of the brothers are
Alanson Dickey Of Clarksville, Iowa,
and erasmus WNDickey Of Tahoe, Cal.
The funeral will be held Wednesday,
a PRAYER service being held at the un-
iertakins rooms Of NJ J. Whtcomb in
East Barre and the funeral service be-
np held at the Union church in East
Orange that afternoon al | o'clock.
Mr.. Dickev was a member of that
,hurch. Burial will be in the family
ot in East Orange cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
BARRE BARRIERS MAY STRIKE
If Demand for Shorter Hours Is Ig-
nored April /.

BARRIERS of the local branch No. S6SS
of the International Journeymen Bar
bers union met in a special meeting
yesterday afternoon, voting in favor of
shorter hours, The change of schedule,
if adopted, will mean all union barber
shops in Barre will be closed at 6:30
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday nights of each week. Saturday
nights and Monday remaining the same
as at present This would mean that
the shops would be open after $3.50 in
the evening but one night in the week.
Saturday. since all shops are closed
Monday afternoons and evenings
This change in hour schedule comes
as a demand rather than a suggestion,
as it WAS once before voted upon at
meeting about a month ago. but was
lost when the owners refused TO recog-
nize such a demand. Should il be ig-
nored this time, strike of the local
union will take effect April /.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
MANY CASES
DISPOSED OF
Suits Agar East Mont
pelier in s s o Accident
A 3 Settled
$500 All .WANCE
VAS RUMORED
Each Party to Look After
It's Own Costs-Cases
Continued

! Washington county court began its
March term this morning for business,
having occupied week with divorce
cases, there being no jury case ready
| Tor trial when court convened last
week. This morning the docket was
called again and pursuant to advice
from Judge Chase several cases were
| fiaally disposed of as far as this term
of court is concerned.
The trial calendar went to pieces
fast this morning, several cases being
finally disposed of. These included
Gladys Lawrence VS.. East Montpelier,
Cornelius Lawrence VS.. East Montpel-
ier, Homer L. Douglass VS.. +. n. Nor
mandeau, Donald j. Murray VS.. Bout
well, Milne & Varnum, Elsie Forgue
vs.. Irving Galleher, g. D. Pitkm VS..
Carl II. Dudley, which have been set
tied. In the East Montpelier cases it
is understood that the settlement gave
the plaintiff about $500 and each to
take care of its own expenses. This
was the companion case of that of
c. Def. Bancroft, jr., against the town
IN which the supreme court gave the
plaintiff a verdict because of an auto
mobile accident, Repairs have been
made where the accident took place.
These cases have been continued:
Simpson vs. Central Vermont railway;
Gould vs.. Bill; which cleaned up most
of the first two days settings for trial.
The case of Margaret Badord VS..
Charles j. Brown was the first case for
trial but there is a settlement pending
Sn hpJ loft ha ,f
Sparrow VS.. administrator of the estate
of {. F. Dwinell ct al as the case for
trial. Witnesses could not be brought
here until Wednesday morning, when
1t looks as though that case will be
commenced although the court directed
the attorneys to confer to see if a case
could be started this afternoon.
Judge Chase made the charge to the
jury this morning and it was common
comment in the lawyers room after
wards that it was one of the best
charges that has been heard here in a
long time. The jury was excused about
IL o'clock until 2 o'clock this after
noon.
There will be no trial by jury in the
following cases; Royce VS.. Christoph-
er; Mitchell VS.. Lowe and Knapp; in re
Mario nestate; Whitman VS.. Daley;
Economic Steel Rack Co. VS.. DeLue
Stone ct al VS.. DeLue com
pany. Efforts are being made. TO settle
Ryder VS.. Thompson two casesl.
Monday afternoon two divorce cases
We're heard. The first of these was
Louise A. Godfrey VS.. G. Vail Godfrey,
in which testimony was introduced to
show that the couple were married less
than year ago. The plaintiff claimed
her husband only few weeks after
they were married, went out with other
girls, including one from the state hos
oital She claimed her husband met
one of them in the kitchen of the in
,titution. Judge Chase asked her many
questions.
The next case was Maude Thornton
Is. Hiram Thornton. The latter has
been away from Montpelier for some
ime The plaintiffs mother and the
plaintiff testified and then Sheriff
Tracy was called to the stand, testify
ng as to the arrests OF Thornton at
iitferent times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
STRIKE LEADERS
ARE THREATENED
WITH DEATH
Order By Kapp Was Said to Go Into
Effect Tuesday Afternoon-Berlin
Is Practically Paralyzed.

Berlin, March l5.--Men who act as
leaders or pickets in the general strike
called in this city as a protest against
the reactionary revolt are threatened
with the death penalty in a proclama-
tion issued to-day by DR.. Wolfgang
kapp. the new chancellor. The order
for the inficton of capital punishment
will be effective after 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon and is based on the de
cree prohibiting any strike or passive
resistance in any vital service which
was issued earlier in the day by the
minister of defense. The chancelor's
proclamation follows:
"Ringleaders who are guilty of acts
specified in the decree for safeguarding
important services and for the protec-
tion of labor and peace will, as well as
strike pickets, be punished with death.
This decree is effective from p. m.
Tuesday"
There is intense anxiety over the
prospect of continuance of the strike,
with a possibility of famine and epi-
denies resulting from the lack Of sani
tation and the stoppage of the water
supply.
No world capital probably ever be-
fore experienced such a complete paral
ysis of all its living and commercial
facilities as Berlin did to-day The
Hotel Adlon made heroic efforts to pro-
vide food for the American, British
and French missions and newspaper
correspondents, but it gave up the task
at 10 o'clock this morning when the
last of the kitchen force walked out,
leaving foreigners to shift for them
selves. II was a common spectacle
subsequently TO see frock coated diplo-
mats returning to the hotel from for
aging expeditions carrying brown pa
per parcels containing foodstutfs, oil
stoves and other necessities.
Guests of the hotel, warned that the
water would be shut off at noon, filled
bath tubs and wash stands, but defec-
tive shoppers gradually let out the
precious fluid and the guests thereafter
had to rely on wines and table water
Men who are usually. shaved by bar
bers are in an apologetic mood tonight
and if the strike continues, the male
population will soon be bearded.
The city this afternoon had the ap-
pearance Of another Sunday holiday, |
crowds filling Unter-den
Linden. At intervals troops with |
bands and accompanied by artillery |
and machine guns paraded through the |
street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
ERZBERGER ARRESTED
~ BERLIN MONDAY
He Was Former Finance Minister of
the Ebert Government-Latter
Denies Any Negotiations.

London. March l6.-Mathias Erzber.
ger. former finance minister Of the
Ebert government of Germany, has
been arrested, according TO a dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph company,
filed in Berlin Monday night
The dispatch states an official com
muniPIe has been issued BY the Ebert
government at Stuttgart, declaring:
"The new rulers are trying to make
the people believe the constitutional
government has entered into negotia-
tions with DR. kspp. General Mocker.
acting a. intermediary. This Is un-
true.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
SEEKING A MOTIVE
FOR MAINE MURDER
The Authorities Working at Greenville
Closely Questioned Mrs. r. c. Moore,
Wife of Man Slain, and Who
Was Herself Shot.

Greenville, Me, March l6.-In seek.
ing a motive other than robbery, that
first suggested, for the murdef OF Rob
ert Z. Moore, proprietor OF a wood
mems lodging house here just before
midnight Saturday night, Piscataquis
county officials continued their inves-
legations to-day. They placed little
credence i'll suggestions that revenge
was responsible for the shooting.
Mrs. Moore, who was wounded three
times, though not seriously, when her
husband was shot, was questioned
again to-day at considerable length
At the conclusion of the interview, the
officers declined to state whether ad-
ditional light had been thrown on the
case from this source.
County Attorney Robert Hall later
left for Dover, where, William Pome-
roy and Jesse G. Scott, taken from a
freight train bound for Canada at
Jackman Sunday morning, are being
held without bail for hearing next
Monday on the charge of murder.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
PREDICTS COLLAPSE
OF BERLIN GOVERNMENT
Proclamation Issued By Ebert Govern
ment Says It's Own Weakness and
Confusion Will Cause
Downfall.

Dresden. March Is Communications
between this city and all parts Of Ger
many arc being safeguarded. said a
PROCLAMATION issued here to-day BY the
Ebert government.
Certain as il Is that the Berlin ven
ture viii collapse Of It's own weakness
and confusion" the proclamation de-
clared. "the fatal political snd econom-
ic consequences Of this step are 10 be
deplored. All authorities are asked 10
assist German national assemblymen
to reach Stuttgart
DR. Goeppcri. president of the Ger
man peace commission. has declined to
take orders from Berlin. stating that
he maintains al the rights Of the Ebert
government and that he Is continuing
a. work for the execution q the peace
treaty
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
ALMOST READY
FOR VOTE
Following the Adoption of
Substitute Reservation
to Article 10
DOES NOT
COMMAND MAJORITY
1t Is Admitted, However,
That Situation Holds
Many Possibilities

Washington, ID. c., March l6--Sen-
ate leaders worked to-day for an agree
ment to vote on ratification of the
peace treaty this week, SO that the
pact might be sent to President Wilson
or laid aside to permit consideration of
other business.
If the ratification vote fails of the
necessary two-thirds Majority, a mo-
tion to reconsider is expected imme-
diately, probably by majority leaders
il the hope of stampeding some of the
opposition into changing their votes.
1t was admitted the situation held
many possibilities in view OF the ur-
gent representations that have been
made for ratifying the treaty to sta
bilize world conditions.
Adoption yesterday of the substitute
reservation to article 10 by a vote of
So to 26, removed the last obstacle to
a vote ON the treaty itself, although a
of other questions remain to be
settled first. Fourteen Democrats vot-
ed with the majority but that number
was less than half of the strength
which ardent ratificationists had prom
ised to deliver
Administration leaders seemed recon
ciled that their forces would crumble
to enable the Republicans
to ratify the pact with the objection
able reservation to article 10, which
President Wilson let it be known
through Senator Hitchcock he would
not accept.
The preamble to the treaty is one of
the minor questions to be considered
before the ratification vote is taken.
Another is Senator Owens proposal
that the British protectorate over
Egypt should be regarded as merely
1 measure TO preserve the integrity and
of Egypt during the war
which was to be taken up to-day.
With the disposal of the article TO-
qualifications, the limit on debate ex
1ired. In the opinion of most senators,
t will not be necessary to restrict
speeches again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16

socialists were held at Leipzig last
night and general strike was pro
claimed in that city, according to a
telegram received here. After the
meetings had been dismissed street
fighting took place and several people,
including two street car conductors,
were killed. When this news reached
other workers all street car employees
left their posts, leaving the cars where
they stood.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
SEPARATION FROM
BERLIN IS BEING
ADVOCATED
Many Baden People Are Openly Advo-
eating Joining the Swiss
Federation.

Paris, March l6- Sentiment in Bad.
en- is strong for a separation from Ber-
lin and in favor of union of Bavaria,
Wuerttemberg and Baden, according to
telephone dispatch to Information
from Basle. 1t is said many Badenese
are openly advocating joining the Swiss
confederation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
KAPP'S ONLY SUPPORT
THUS FAR MILITARY
More Troops Are Marching Into Berlin
From Nearby Garrisons But Peo-
pie Have Failed to Rally
to His Support.

Berlin, March 70 tBy the Associated
Press Heavy troop reinforcements
we're received this morning by the new
government in Berlin. The troops are
marching into Berlin from various
pearby gsrrisons.
Chancellor Kapp, who was carried
MO office on the point of only 5000
ssyonets three days ago, has thus far
been able TO produce only military
backing for his government. The basis
Df his political authority and the source
~ the support other than military
rhich he claims continue TO be matters
pf profound mystery.
Notwithstanding this, the new chan
iellor appears buoyaht with optimism
born of the conviction that the insur-
'ection which he heads will win the
,eople.
This morning the chancellor locked
iorns with organized German labor in
! struggle for mastery. However, if
The general strike which is already
psralyzing Berlin by reason of its un.
expected ramifications and which is re.
ported swiftly spreading to the ma
lions vital industrial eenters. should
- maintained for only three days. the
rev of many observers here is that it
rould be unquestionable TO assume
hat he would be able to establish his
government firmly, despite his in
iTeased forces.
The political aspects of the situation
ire ns vet entirely mixed In some
quarters the opinion is expressed that
chancellor Kspp will be satisfied If he
mcceeds in definitely disposing Of the
former regime; that his coup was
merely a means 10 an end. He Is as
ret lacking in the support Of men Of
ministerial timber and he has an
iounced that no plans for the forma
Jon of a cabinet had been made.
During this morning there were re-
nIrrent rImors that informal negotia-
ions were going on between Chancellor
Aapp on the one hand and President
Ebert and Premier Bauer on the other.
ind that DIR. kapp had demanded that
he first condition Of the deliberations
ihould BE- the revocation of Premier
sauer's call for a general strike.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
BLOODY ENCOUNTERS N
KEEL AND MADCEBURG
Some Naval officers are Reported to
Have Been Killed in Former
Place-Fierce Fighting in
Magdeburg.

Berne, Switzerland, March l6-En.
counters at Kiel and Magdeburg are
reported in telegrams from Berlin. In
Kiel some naval officers have been
killed, while in Magdeburg there has
been fierce fighting about the central
postofiice.
Conservative parties in Germany are
declared TO be supporting the new
government without. however, being
directly identified with it, Westpha-
liam miners are said to take a neutral
attitude, the only condition they have
laid down being that the republican
constitution be maintained.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
HOSTILITY TO PERU.
Was shown BY BOlivians in Attacks in
CITY Of La PaE

Lima. March - The Peruvian le-
CATION al Ia Psz. the Bolivian capital,
was attacked last night BY 4 mob of q
.hs1~aud men. according 70 ofhcial ad-
rfre- received this afternoon BY the
Per7Iv ian foreign Office. The Peruvian
consulate and private residences VI
Prruviaus wcrr Also attacked. the dis
u-4t-haz asalarz
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
SAYS GERMANY MIGHT
HAVE 'BLUFFED" u. S.
Admiral Sims Declared That in the
Critical Period of 1918 Germany
Might Have Paralyzed
Ocean Traffic.

Washington, ID. c., March l6.--A lit
tie bluff on the part of the Ger
mans in 1918 at the crucial point OF
the war would have paralyzed trans
portation of soldiers and war materials
between this country and Europe, Rear
Admiral Sims to-day told the Senate
naval subcommittee.
Information from authentic sources,
indicating that the Germans We're
building two heavily armored modern
battle cruisers for a desperate last
hope raid against troop ship conveys,
was transmitted to the navy depart
ment, Admiral Sims said, and imme-
diately he was besieged with cable
grams from Washington outlining vari-
GUS plans of action, ali of which, he
testified, were impracticable although
such contingency had been under dis
cussion for nearly a year and there
had been ample time TO prepare.
"If the enemy had only known"
said Admiral Sims, "all he needed
have done was to make a series of
bluffs, involving little risk to himself
and we would have done the rest.
Shipping would have been paralyzed."
Admiral Sims discussed at length
four plans proposed by the department
for defeating Germany on the sea.
They were; A protected lane through
the danger zone; the blocking of Ger
man ports. by sinking ships in the en-
trance; mine barriers of nets and mines
of types then in use; mine barriers of
mines, new type. All except the last
were impracticable, he declared, and
much time was wasted by the insist
ence OF the department that they be
tried.
On May IL, 1917, the navy depart
ment first suggested the idea OF
barrage of mines across the North sea
to trap the German sea forces, Admiral
Sims said and at that time he op.
posed the plan because the allies could
not afford to divert the large numbers
of men and ships, and huge amounts
of material necessary to make the pro-
iect success.
Later when the submarine campaign
was well in hand and a new type of
antenna mine developed in this coun
try, he approved the idea, he said, and
helped to expedite the laying of the
baJrage The result, the North sea
barrage was magnificent achieve
ment the admiral said, rejecting great
credit on the navy and the officers and
men who were responsible for the sue
,ess of the project,
Admiral Sims said he particularly !
wished 10 refute an assertion widely |
circulated" that the department had |
and from the first favored the |
nine barrage project and that he was
about the only officer in the navy
who ever opposed ii.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
CAN HoLp OFFICE FOR LIFE.
But successots to Pres. Masaryk of
Czecho- -SAvakia are Limited.

Washington D, q, March l6.--Dr.
Thomas c. M&aryA, first president of
the republic of C9eeho, Slovakia, will
be permitted tokcontinue in office for
life, according to the provisions of the
ma tional constitution recently adopted
at Prague. and made public to-day by
the state department. The terms of
all future presidents are limited TO two
successive terms of seven years each.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
NATIVE OF ORANGE.
R. H. Thurston Died at the Age of SO
Years.

R. II. Thurston, who for the past
wear and a half has made his home
with Mr.. and Mrs A. +. Prescott in
East Orange. died Sunday night after
an illness of several wears, the result
of a general breaking down.
The funeral was held from the Pres
colt home this afternoon at ] O'Clock,
Rev. c. A. Simmons of Washington
officiating. The burial was in the fam
ilv lot in the Fast Orange cemetery.
Mr.. Thurston was born in Orange
Nov. %. 1888. and had lived practically
his entire life in this vicinity. Mrs.
Thurston died about four years ago
and there are no near relatives surviv-
inc. He was friend TO all who knew
him. He was tenderly cared for by
Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD
For American Business in South Amer
lean Countries

Buenos Aires, March l5 Daniel c.
Wing, a banker of Boston Mass. who
has been making a tour in Brazil and
Argentina to look over business pros
poets and establish branch banks. is
quoted here as saying the business out
look in South America seems very
good
with an improvement Of our ship
ping facilities" he said. "the United
States should be able not only to hold
its present volume of trade but TO in
crease il. American business men are
studying this field more carefully than
ever before and they are going to take
more pains henceforward TO hold IL, to
develop il and to understand il
MIR Wing said the one thing neces-
sary was that more Argentines should
visit the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
NEWPORT MAN DIED
OF SLEEPING SICKNESS
Melvin Cass Had Been Asleep 16 Days
and Was Seized with Malady
Three Weeks Ago.

Newport, March l6- Melvin Cass,
victim of the sleeping sickness, died
yesterday after having slept for l6
days. Physicians were unable to re-
store him to consciousness, but he was
reused sufficiently to be fed matted
milk and other liquid nourishment
The last few days, however, he could
not be reused sufficiently to be given
anything.
He was seized with the malady three
weeks ago He was A years old.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
DISORDER SPREADING
AS GERMAN FACTIONS
DISCUSS SETTLEMENT
GEN. LUDENDORFF
STALKS IN CRISIS.

London, March l6. - The new
government at Berlin held a cab
met council last night, which
was attended by General Luden
dorfl, former first quartermaster-
general of the German army, ac-
cording to a dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph from the Ger
man capital by way of Amster-
dam.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
DARTMOUTH TO PLAY
on PACIFIC COAST
The Football Team Will Meet San
Francisco Olympic Club at San
Francisco on New Years
Day

San Francisco. March To- Terms for
a football game between Dartmouth
and the Ran Francisco olympic club t.
b. played here next New Years DAY
have been accepted ~ u 4. Wcnbrr
ger, graduate manager ~ Dartmouth.
# was announced here to-day
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-16
DUTCH TORPEDO BOAT
GUARDS EX-cR0wN PRINCE

The Hague, March is A.
Dutch torpedo boat has arrived in
the harbor 81 Costerland. Wier-
engen islsnd. 20 guard the former
German crown prince. according
~ fhs Nieuwe Rottedamskhe
4 tnuramf.