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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
OFFICER SHOT IN CHURCH.
Masked Men Kill Him as He Was Making
Sign of the Cross.

CORK, Ireland, July 90 Associated
Press Police Sergeant Mulhern, chief
of the intelligence department of West
Cork, was shot dead yesterday at the
door of a church at Bandon, 20 miles
southwest of Cork.
He had left the police barracks shortly
before IN civilian attire and arrived at
the porch of the church just as a mass
commenced, nearly all of the Worship
pers already being inside He paused at
the entrance, dipped his fingers in the
font and was killed actually making the
sign of the cross.
Mulhern's assailants were two masked
men, hiding on the porch, who fired sew
eral revolver shots at arms length and
then escaped. Death was instantaneous
All members of the congregation were 80
horror stricken that the service was sus
pended for an hour.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
HoLYoKE UNIONS TO PROBE.
Will Look Into Work of Local Fair Price
Committee.

HOLYOKE, Mass, July 26.-The Cen
trail Labor union yesterday appointed a
committee of five to investigate the con
duct of the Holyoke Fair Price commit
tee. The same committee, which com
prises Philip H. Beahn, George Lane, Jo-
seph Archambault, John p. Bleasius and
+. s. Alden, was also empowered to con
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of organizing a
Tenants Protective league.
The probe of the Fair Price committee
was the upshot of discussion, which
followed the suggestion that the body in
dorse the activities of the Fair Price COM
mittee. Members urged that this action
be taken, declaring that the committee
had accomplished great good and that it
should be rendered the normal support
of the trades unions. Other delegates,
however, argued that the committee had
accomplished nothing, and it was even
charged that discrimination has been
shown by the committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

NGooretown (now Bradford to hold a
court on Feb. 25, ILL., and how the
Judges and other court officers on snow
shoes were unable to find the county
seat and opened and adjourned court in
the woods. These records were borrowed
from the county clerks office in 1892 or
1893 by one of the judges of the supreme
court, who was then writing legal per-
.iodical After the death of the judge,
the county clerk, made strenuous efforts
to locate the missing records, but without
success. On one of Mr. Dewart's visits
to tie clerks office here for the purpose
of searching the early records, the mat
ter was Sment Toned to him and he set out
to locate the missing records, and finally
traced them tosSyracuse, n y, where he
found them and promptly sent them to
the county clerk Burlington News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
FARMERS PLAN COOPERATION.
Will Try to Organize Grain and Live
stock Markets Throughout Country.

CHICAGO, July 26.-Appointment of
committees to devise plans for the CO.
operative marketing of grain and live
stock was determined upon at the final
session of the American Farm Bureau
Federation. The livestock committee on
that industry recommended it. This ac-
ton came few hours after the plan of
the grain committee had been received
favorably by majority of the conyen-
tion.
The grain committee, which will be APP
pointed in the near future by j. r. How
ard, president of the federation, viii be
a permanent body with headquarters in
Chicago. 1t viii Investigate existing
plans of cooperative marketing, as well
as suggest new plans for the approval of
the federation. Members of the commit
tee will comprise leading grain producers
grain elevator men and others interested
in the production and distribution of the
product.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

commissioners have written. Mr.. Figg
viii seek an opportunity before the sen
ate committee to Tefute the charges.
Mr.. Figg said the permanent value
of the Lever law cannot be demonstra-
ted until the United States supreme court
makes a decision on its validity 1t
has been held unconstitutional in five
district eourts-Texas, Kentucky, Penn
sylvania, Indiana and Michigan. 1t
has been sustained by the ninth cir
leuit court of appeals, embracing Mon
tana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Ne
vada California and Arizona, and by
the second circuit court, embracing
Connecticut, New York and Vermont,
One fact stands out with respect TO
the cost of the campaign nnder the i'm,
mediate direction of Special Assistant
4, the Attorney General Figg, that is
fhrt the profiteers are paying for the
enforcement of the Lever law. So
": F'igg estimates that the expenses
Of The campaign since it started year
81 havc been less than 100000. A
total OF fines aggregating $3.50 900 have
been collected. This has more than
paid for the work and, it is believed,
"i'l cover all expenses to date that
have beer made in activities collateral
to that in Mr.. Figg s division.
On ,Ianc - total of 1855 prosecu-
tions for violating the Lever law had
been reported % the department of
Justice. ~ j. believed there were many
more that were dismissed and not re-
ported. Sentences were imposed in $50
cases and indictments secured in 1,492.
There were PIG arrests in addition, max
ing the / ,s5S. These figures will be in
creased when courts and grand juries
meet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
MISSING RECORDS FOUND.
Contain Amusing Account of Holding
Court in the Woods.

County Clerk Darling of Chelsea,
through the efforts of Franklin H. Dewart,
&c. f., of Burlington has received some
early court records that have been miss
ing from that office for more than, 25
years. These recods cover period be
ginning as far back as l770, when all the
country now included within Orange
county and as far north as the Canada
line was royal province of the state
Of New York and known as the county OF
Gloucester. The county seat was at Kings
land-now the town of Washington-but
Just where it or the county buildings were
located nobody seems to know. These
records contain somewhat amusing ac-
count of how the court set out from
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
VERMONT NEWS.

Friday forenoon mail train from New
port and Cadillac truck towing a Max
well car, collided on a railroad crossing at
st. Johnsbury, completely demolishing
the front part of the truck, but not in
juring the occupants, Mayo Higgins and
G. f. Woodbury., the latter jumping when
he saw the train upon them and the
former, seemingly petrifed, stuck to the
seat while the train took the front off
the ear, lifted and swung it around with
terrific force His head was thrust through
a window in the side of the drivers box
by the impact, but he was not even
scratched.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
HINSDALE. N. H.

Mrs. Arthur Joslyn is i'll in her home
with grip.
Mrs. George n. Hastings and twin sons
are visiting in Keene.
Mrs. Walter A. Greene of Norwich
Conn, formerly Miss Evion d. Bassette
of Brattleboro, has come to live with her
sister, Mrs. Arthur Joslyn of Hinsdale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26
Too Many Courts Enjoying
Vacations to Allow Prose
cution of Cases j
PALMER'S INTEREST
is NOT COOLING

Decision of Supreme Court On Validity
of Lever Law Is Awaited - Fines
Have More Than Paid Costs, Says
Assistant Figg.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-Any APP
parent slowing up of the campaign by
the department of justice to lower liv-
ing costs is not due to cooling inter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

At one period in Holland it was the
law for people to pay so much per head
for licenses to drink tea, At another
time all persons wearing a watch or using
clock were taxed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

George r. Sims, the English novelist
and journalist. has confided 20 the world
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

that the ambition of his youth was to be
come a ciTcus-rider
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

Two women were cut by glass when
two cars came together about mile
south of Richmond village Sunday aft
ernoon The women hurt were Mrs. VIII
liam Agan, Of Bolton, wifesof the own
er and driver of one of the cars, and a
Mrs. Howrigan, passenger in the Agan
car. They. were taken to the Fanny Allen
hospital and are not thought to be Sc
riously injured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

Saturday morning earIy during an cleo
tricaf storm q. transformer on a telephone
pole IN front Of The International Paper
eompany's storehouse in Bellows Falls
was struck by lightning An alarm was
rung in at the Hotel Windham and VIXEN
the fremen arrived the flames were threat
ening the adjoining building. The FIRE
was soon put out and no serious dam
age was done.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

Carroll Bisbee Is recovering from the
effects of stroke Of lightning by which
he was injured last Wednesday while
walking in the highway in Waitsfeld. He
was unconscious from its effect for Is
hours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

Barre is now banning carnival shows,
being the second town in the state, Ben
nington having refused license last week.
The reason Barre did so is because Of the
alleged indecent Saturday night exhibition
of carnival there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

Charles +. Greenleaf, II, veteran Of
the Civil war died at the Soldiers home
in Bennington Friday after an illness OF
several weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-26

Over 5000 cases were treated at the
Free Dispensary at Burlington during the
year which has Just ended.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
SENIOR DIR. LUIS CALVAN
BURIED WITH HONORS

Military. naval. and Government
officials and members of the diplo-
matte corps from the various en-
bassies in the city attended the
funeral of Senior Dr. Luis Galvan, en-
voy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary of the Dominican Repub-
lie, conducted this morning at 1880
o'clock from the Dominican embassy,
1851 Massachusetts avenue, to ST.
Matthews Catholic Church. where a
solemn high mass of requiem was
celebrated at IL o'clock. Burial was
in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Two >troops of cavalry from Fort
Myer and one battalion OF infantry
from Fort Meade formed the military
escort to the cortege and fred vol
ley over the grave at Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
DR.. Galvan died Monday OF heart
disease. He was skilled diplomat
ist, distinguished lawyer and well
known journalist
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
FALLING OFF IN
STOCK MARKET
Due to Absence Of Many
Brokers From Exchange,
Closes Steady.

NEW YORK. Aug. There was q
marked falling OF In trading on the
stock exchange at the opening today.
due to the absence of many brokers
who had left the city over the week
end. Price changes were small and
irregular.
Steel common ranged between Ssh
and ssx. Baldwin Locomotive, after
advancing u. to 1909. fell TO 1854.
Della ware, Lackawanna Il Western
again featured the railroad group
with a sharp upturn of Sh points. to
2t6. Reading rose ". to ssh, and
Baltimore Il Ohio 4, to 35h.
Mexican Petroleum dropped enc
point to lS5, while Pan American
Petroleum advanced fractionaliy to
SO%. International Paper fell over
one point TAN.
The market closed steady and
showed a steady tone In the late deal
ings with business small. United
States Steel. after falling to ssh. re-
covered to S6A. and Baldwin rallied
to 1O4& to 1904. Invincible OIL was
weak. dropping over four points. TO
80, while Mexican Pete yielded two
points. to 153k. Studebaker. after
falling to 62x, moved up to o3h.
Reading yielded from SSk to 81.
Government bonds were unchanged
railway and other bonds steady.
The total sales of stocks for today
were PAT. 700 shares: bonds. &3,493.O 900.
The total sales OF stocks for the
week were 5.205 800 shares; bonds,
$67 620, 900.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07

summary Of their needs. Almost
three-quarters Of this amount is to
be expended for the maintenance and
acquisition of equipment including
locomotives and freight cars of all
types. A good inquiry prevails for
railroad securities. but investment
bankers declare that there are no in
dications that there will be such q
demand as to warrant expectation
that all of the money called for in
the 1920 budget Of proposed expendi-
lures will be forthcoming from the
investment market
MIR. RUDOLPH'S VACATION.
President Cuno H. Rudolph Of the
Second National Bank plans to leave
with Mrs. Rudolph on Monday for his
annual vacation. According to the
present plans of Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
dolph, they will motor to Swampscott
Mass, and will thus have their car at
hand for touring in New England If
they should desire.
Victor b. Deyber, cashier Of the
Second National Eank. is expected to
return to his desk on Monday, after
his vacation. spent in New Jersey.
John l.. Fugitt, assistant treasurer
Of the Union Trust Company plans to
leave tomorrow for his annual vaca-
tion at Atlantic City, N. J.
Charles J. Bell. president OF the
American Security G. Trust Company,
who is travelling in Europe according
to advices received here from him
is having an enjoyable trip.
STERLING ADVANCES.
Demand sterling sold today in the
New York market at $3,67, showing
an advance over yesterdays price of
Az cents.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
PUBLIC UTILITY COAL
SITUATION Is WORSE

Despite the fact that the coal pri-
ority order. giving public utility cor
porations theright OF way on all raj
roads has been in force six weeks,
the situation was worse yesterday
than when the order was promul-
gated.
The companies. according to figures
made public by Acting Public Service
Commissioner Alfred NJ. Barrett. have
actually 1000 tons less coal on hand
than they haa before. This means
that even with priority order they arc
falling to hold their own.
Mr.. Barrett telegraphed a request
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion yesterday asking that the order,
which expires August 10. be ex-
tended.
As against a normal stock OF 1885,
900 tons which should be on hand
at this time. Mr.. Barrett said the
companies had oniy 234OOO tons
which should last eight days.
BY October I they will need 1000
tons to give them a safe winter re-
serve There is no present prospest
that they can possibly accumulate
such a reserve In the next seven
weeks.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
| PARED
Rent Of Presidents Own
| Horseshoer Gut by
Commission.
MAKE PERSONAL TOUR
members Find Landlord
Deaf to Summons and
Act on Their Own.
MAKE PERSONAL TOUR

The Presidents blacksmith, Rob
ert Honeyman. was this morning
granted a decrease In rent by the
District rent commission for his
Nat at 3o2 street northwest.
His case marks the hrst time
that the commission, upon its own
initiative, went out to investigate
the premises in question and set a
fair rental on the spot without any
hearing in the court room.
The commission has the power to
pursue such a course and undoubt-
eddy will settle many cases In this
manner in the future II defendant
landlords persist In ignoring all
summons.
Fred Harris. the defendant in
this case. refused to answer the
complaint nled against him. Ac-
co dinghy. the commission invoked
Its powers and settled the dispute
without him. The commission set
S22 so as Honeyman's rental His
present rent IL $25, and he was
threatened with a raise to $50.
The rent commission regarded
Honeymans case an emergency.
His wife is said to be confined TO
bed because OF the threat of evic-
tion n the increase In rental was
not paid.
This rental trouble came TO
Honeyman just at the time when
the President again is using horses
for the first time In years.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
TIDAL BASIN GETS
SWIMMING EXPERT
George n. Corsan Engaged to
Teach Beach Patrons How
to "Paddle."

The man who has taught 100000
persoAs to swim-George II. Corsan-
comes to Washington tomorrow to
teach swimming at the Tidal Basin
bathing beach.
Corsan is an authority on swim
ming. an expert swimmer. and an ex-
ceptional teacher.
He is the man who is known to
have "57 varieties of swimming
stunts. He can do anything in the
water and anything with people in the
water.
Corsan bars no one. He makes no
prodigious claims, at that, because
he has taught deaf. dumb and blind
to swim in institutions: lame persons.
structurally awkward persons. and
very old persons. He can teach any
one, from the tyro to the expert
Out in Hawaii. where they are at
home in the water, they have thought
so we'll of the expert that he has been
engaged next year to spend three
months teaching the Hawaiians to
swim.
During the war he taught thou
sands of soldiers in army camps and
cantonments. And not a single per-
son who has been taught to swim by
Corsan has ever been drowned.
Corsan claims swimming is the most
logical and natural exercise there is.
NO other form OF exercise develops
the body as does swimming. No
other form of exercise gives free play
of the sun on the skin as does swim
ming" says Corsan, who claims all
forms of treatment for bodily ills can
learn something from swimming.
The swimming expert holds no
freak records. He is not a competi-
tive swimmer in any sense OF the
word, but is an authority on all form
OF swimming. He has improved
champions by a few simple sugges-
tions.
Several weeks ago Corsan came
through here on his way to Toronto,
Canada. Hewent in at the Tidal
Basin Bathing Beach. liked the water
and conditions, and was persuaded to
return.
He has just filled in three weeks
at Toronto, Canada, whore he has
taught as many as a thousand per-
sons a week to swim. l.. Gordon
Leech, manager of the Tidal Basin
Bathing Beach. has engaged Corsan
to teach swimming here as a service
feature and in conjunction with the
policy of teaching all of the people
in Washington to swim.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07

PANAMA CANAL IS
SHOWING ITS WORTH

The increased value of the Panama
Canal as an American waterway 10
illustrated by statistics In a study OF
Americas Merchant Marine" by the
Bankers Trust Company. The new
record OF 2.47s ships OF an aggregate
record Of s,o45.0O0 tons using the
canal In the year ending June 30 last.
exceeds by 4o3 ships and $4,000
tons the figures OF the preceding year.
When the canal was opened to ship
ping In 1914 the United States possess
ed 2,027 900 tons OF sea going vessels.
Americas spurt in shipbuilding dur
ing the war more than quadrupied
her sea going tonnage. The import
ance OF the waterway to a country
having almost 10000. 900 tons OF ocean
going ships Is indicated by the dis
tance saved In voyages. IL cut the
voyage between New York and San
Francisco about 5000 miles. and these
ports are only two OF fortyone i'm
portant American ports on the Pacific
Gulf and Atlantic sides of the canal.
The canal. for example, reduced the
water route from Callao. Peru. to
New York from 9.769 nSles 30 3.7T9
miles. II brought Manila more than
5000 miles nearer to New York, and
eliminated some 3.7OO miles from the
Australian-New York route. In the
fiscal year 1919, 2.025 merchant ships
passed through the canal, 1.1G5 OF
them coming from the Pacific TO the
IAtlantic.
The strategic worth OF the water
way Is indicated by the passage
through the canal OF 1S6 vessels Of
the American navy during the same
period.
The canal cast about $s7s.OoO, 900.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
CHILE PLANS TO
CONTROL SHIP LINE

SANTIAGO. Chile, Aug. THE cre-
alton of government controlled
steamship line, with a capital stock
of fI 500 900 and a schedule Of month
ly sailings between Chilean ports and
the United States and Europe, will be
proposed in message to congress
within a few days. 1t was announced
today.
Under the plans the government
transports Maipo and Rancaugua will
be purchased from the capital, to
form the nucleus for the fleet. -Four
new steamers of 10000 tons capacity
and capable of travelling at the rate
Of fourteen knots per hour will be
sought Immediately.
The affairs of the enterprise are
to be directed by a commission of ten
the shareholders and the government
appointing four each and congress
naming two. The President Is to ap-
point a director-general.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
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Quarrels and family troubles. reunites the
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can help: her advice removes all troubles.
satisfaction guaranteed. Hours to $40.
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The Washington times., 1920-08-07
SOUTHERN EARNS
Sl.78 ON COMMON

The Southern Railway. in its annual
report for 1919, shows a net corporate
income of 35,l41,567. after all charges
and taxes, equivalent after preferred
dividends. to s1.7s a share on the out
standing s120, 900, 900 comon stock.
In the previous year the company
showed a final net income of S5.70S,
9l3, equivalent to $2.25 a share on the
common stock
AS result of the years operations
the company had a surplus of $2,137,-
25s. compared with $2,70O,205 for the
preceding year.
The Washington times., 1920-08-07
SUGAR COMPANY MAY
PAY BIG DIVIDEND

1t was reported in Wall Street yes
terday that directors of the Central
Aguirre Sugar Company are contem-
plating the declaration of huge
stock dividend.
Just what amount the dividend
will be is unknown, but it is stated
that it will probably be 100 per cent
Directors are expected shortly to call
a meeting OF stockholders for'the pur.
pose OF voting an increase in the cap
ital stock of the company to $4,000, 900
The present outstanding capitaliza-
tian consists of $4,000, 900, divided into
100, 900 shares of 500 par