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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
DUKE CITY GRADE SCHOOLS HOLD
MONSTER TRACK AND FIELD MEET
in WHICH HUNDREDS TAKE PART
Fourth Ward Victorious in Junior Section
With Second Ward Taking Relay Banner,
While Library Seniors Win Both Ends of
Their Meet; Third Meet to Be Staged in
January.

class-Serapio Lopez, Berallo Gar
cia, George Englebreeht; time R
sec. Unlimited class-George Leech,
Fred Gonzales, Everett Renfroi
time 61a sec.
22O yard DASH 70 ID, class
Oscar Ogg, Barela Garcia, Louis
stephens: time SO sec. Unlimited
Wesley Robinson, Everett Rem
from, Daniel Rose; time "a sec.
Broad jump: so ID. class-De-
witt Liftwith, Verne Stewart, Joel
Otero; distance 10 #. in. 60 ID.
class-Harold Shinkle, Adolpho
Dafori, Sam Glasman; distance l |
It. Z in. 20 ID. Class-Ramond
Hogan, Nose Bewolf, Inez Ramo-
req; ~ #. 10 in, Uplimited-Fred
Gonzales, John BORN, Lewis Jura-
do; distance 10 it. 3 in.
High jump. so lb. class--john-
ME Barela, George Rutherford,
Wyman Walker so ID. class-Lee
Vann, Icena Evelyn, Joe Coen. 70
ID. class--Adolfo Tafoya, Clarence
Rayholm, Sam Glassman. Unlim-
ited-Everett Walsh, Wesley Tar
ter, George Evans.
Junior Section, Girls.
500 yard dash: so Id. class-Se-
lima Lopez. 5 y sec; Vera Smidt,
Corine Fruit, so ID. elass--Helen
Meddlebrook, sec; Catherine
Townsend, Beatrice Carlston. 10
lb. class-Annabell Whitehall, Az
sec; Jesse Stone, Nellie Clark. I'm
limited class-Margaret Taylor, 5
sec; Ruth Riedling, Francis Bro
Wis. '.u.a.. s ,.#. s-
High jump: so ID. c.ass-Hfhu-
rine Bristow, Emela Romero,
Flora Garcia. 60 lb, class-Criecita
Chavez, Virginia Cohnt, Helen Mid
dlebrook. 20 Id. class-Emabel
Whitehill, Eunice Mitchell, Ada
Anema. Unlimited class-Dana
Gerave, Alta Wilson, Modina
Wright.
Baseball throw: so ID. class
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
RADIO CLUB TO BE
ORGANIZED AT 7. NJ

Lynn II. Fox, general secretary
of the Y. M. C. A., announces that
a meeting will be held in the NJ
C. A. building Monday night, De
cember 10, at 1880 o'clock for the
purpose of discussing plans Tor or
ganizing a Radio club. The plans
will include the installation OF a
complete set of wireless transmit
ting and receiving instruments
and also buzzer practice sets TO be
used in the study and practice o.
wireless biography, a class OF
which is to be conducted in con-
nection with the club.
Every man and young man OF
Albuquerque is invited to attend
this meeting. This is the oppor-
tunity for which many have been
wishing, and of which they should
take advantage at@that time.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
HOT TRAIL Of
CLARA B. SMITH
GROWING COLD
(By The Associated Press)

Ardmore, Okla. Dec. 1.-The
whereabouts of Clara Barton
Smith, charged with murder in
connection with the Jake l.. Hamon
remained as much mystery to-
night as during the twenty days she
has been sought, according to Of
fiCers here,
The hot trail, which was re-
ported to have been taken from an
unnamed Mexican town through FL
Paso, to Fort Worth, whore she
was expected to confer with at
torneys yesterday in regard to the
Hamon shooting, seems to have be-
come cold, Russell II. Brown, coun-
ty attorney said tonight
Mr.. Brown said he had no infor-
nation on which he could place con-
fldence as to her whereabouts. He
said the latest news he had re-
ceived was the report of her brief
stop in Cisco, Tex, several days
ago.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12

Seven hundred boys and girls
took part in the grade school champ
track and field contests held
at Washington park yesterday,
the Fourth ward winning the jun
Tor division of the meet, the Sec
ond ward the junior relay banner
and the Library school taking
both the senior section of the meet
and the senior relay banner
Several delays occurred because
of the handling of the large num-
her of contestants, but the meet
was declared to have been better
conducted than the one held pre-
viously and it is believed that the
experience gained by the two will
enable the officials to manage the
one to be held in February in good
order. ~
In the Junior meet the Fourth
ward won first place with total
of loo points, the Second ward
second place with rs points, the
First ward third with 81 and the
Third ward fourth with 80 points.
The relay banner went to the Sec
ond ward with points and the
Fourth ward and Central school
tied for second with,5 points each.
The Library school took the
senior section of the meet with Il
points. the Central school was sec
ond with 81, the First ward third
with 26 and the Second ward
fourth with 10 points. No points
were scored by the Third or Fourth
wards The Library won the senior
relay banner with a total of 1S
points, the Central school being
second with g. The winners in the
several events are given as follows
in the order in which they placed:
Junior Section, Boys.
500 yard dash: so lb. class
Jeremy Tailor, George Kane, Clark
Petit; time 6 sec. so. Id. class
Arthur Baird, Robert Petit, Car
land Morris;i time 6 Y sec. 70 ID.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12

Mrs. Laura G. Fraser of New
York is the designer of the medal
which is to be presented to more
than 900 commissioned chaplains
in the American army and navy
who saw active service In the
world war. u y Z. y
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
stccI IYrn cuts Outnut.

Wheeling, w. Va, Dec. 11.--The
Wheeling steel corporation report
cd today that notices posted at
mills throughout this district shows
that operations win be on a much
reduced scale next week and that
plants of the corporation will op-
crate at less than half capacity
Price reductions have sAe ught no
new business, officials said. The
situation has been termed a con
sumers strike"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12

"AZTECA' absolute remedy for
rheumatism is not sampled, for
in most cases, it takes only a
sample amount to do the work.
Order through your drug dealer.
MICHAEL d IABRADO.
92l S. Second st.
"AZTECA" is doing the work.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12

The technical institute at Omsk
is the only higher institution of
learning in all Siberia,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13
CASE FOUR TIMES
IN SUPREME COURT

The case of G.. w. Bradley VS.. Amos
N. Blandin, president Of the Somer-
set Land Company, in which, the
supreme court handed down decision
Wednesday reversing judgment and
remanding the cause TO the lower
court, has now been four times before
the higher tribunal. The case has been
taken TO the supreme court twice by
the plaintiff and twice by the defend
ant.
The suit was originally brought by
Gilbert w. Bradley of Manchester, in
August, 1914, to recover commission
on the sale of the timber on a tract Of
land known as the Manchester slope
70 the Rich Lumber Company.
The first time and the third time the
case was taken to the higher court IL
went up on a question of pleadings.
The second time IL was taken up by
the defendant, following a county
court trial in which Judge II. M. But
Ter instructed the jury to bring in a
verdict for the defendant.
The case was heard at the June
term of Bennington county court at
Manchester in 1918. j. X Batchelder
of Arlington and Robert G. Bacon Of
Brattleboro. appearing for the plain
TN. and John Harvey Of Brattleboro
and Robert H. Healy Of Bennington,
appearing for the defendant, The
Jury returned a verdict Of $639O.0O for
the plaintiff, the judgment that has
Just been reversed.
Since the case was instituted the
plaintiff, Bradley, has died.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13
RED CROSS NURSE FOR
BENNINGTON COUNTY

Miss Christine Benedict, whose home
is at Roselle, N. j., but who has had
a varied and extensive experience to
fit her for the position, is coming TO
Bennington county to be the Red Cross
nurse for this county. Miss Benedict
has arranged with Miss Elizabeth I.
Van Patten Of Burlington, state sup
eryisor of Red Cross nurses, TO take
up the work in this county and In ex-
pected to arrive before the first OF
June.
Miss Benedict has been district
nurse in the vicinity Of New York and
for some time was connected with
nurses training school at iloilo in the
Philippine islands. She was in Ameri-
ca on a furlough from her duties in
the tropics when the war was declared
with Germany and she went into Red
Cross work in Washington. Later she
was attached TO Camp Mills and stu
later went TO France and worked with
the Red Cross nurses Of the American
revolutionary forces. Since returning
from France she has been with the
Red Cross organization in South Caro-
lima.
Working as abe has under all kinds
of conditions, Miss Benedict should
come to Bennington county with an
experience and a mental equipment
that should enable her TO solve the
simple problems Of country district
nurse in a highly satisfactory manner.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13

log-landng. where in llstless and
half-hearted manner the loading crew
were piing logs on Pennington's log
ging trucks.
Bryce looked at his watch. II ~as
two O'Clock. at two fifteen Pennlng
tons locomotive would appear. TO back
In and couple 10 the long line Of
trucks. And the train was only half
loaded.
Where's McTavishT" Bryce de-
manded OF the donkey-drirer
The man mouthed his quid. spat
copiously. wiped his mouth with the
back of his hand. and pointed. Up
at his shanty." he made answer. and
grinned at Bryce knowingly.
Up through the camps single short
street. ianked ON each side. with the
woodsmen's shanties. Bryce went Al
the most pretentious shanty on the
street Bryce turned In. He had never
seen Il before. but he knew II TO be
the woods-boss's home. for unlike its
httNuttfr tfAt hourF WIS RuihAtN WI
the coarse red paint that is used on
box-cars. while q fence. made Of fancy
pointed pickets painted white. inclosed
a tiny garden In front OF the house.
As Bryce came through the gate. q
young girl rose from where she knelt
in bed OF freshly transplanted
pansies
Bryce lifted his hat is Mr. NC.
lavish az homer" he asked
She nodded. "He cannot see any
body" she hastened to add He's
sick
n think he'll see me. And wonder
n you're Molra McTavish-
Yes I'm MORA.
I'm Bryce Cardigan
look - fright crept into the girls
eyes "Are you-Bryee Cardigan
she faiferei. and looked AZ bin more
closely Yes. you're Mr. Bryce You've
changed-bui then ifs SIX years since
We saw you last Mr. Bryce"
CONTINUED Next Week
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13
HIGHER PENSIONS PROVIDED

The Senate has passed bill increas-
ing the pensions Of Civil War veterans
70 $50 q month and the pensions Of
widows Of Civil War veterans 10 so
a month. The bill recently passed the
House Of Representatives and is Law.
Amendments adopted in the Senate
make the increases applicable TO vet
erans Of the Mexican War, who num-
Der 2i5, 10 widows Of veterans num-
bering !, $40 and also 20 73 widows Of
veterans Of the War of 1872
The increase in pensions has been
made necessary by the high cost Of
living and Is regarded by Republican
senators as the last general legislation
necessary IN behalf Of the veterans Of
the Civil and Mexican Wars. The
present average pension of veterans Is
sg7 80 and that of widows SIS
month Last June there were 27i so
Civil War veterans and 32G375 wid-
o-s and dependents on the pension
rolls.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13

unknown. such roads. whether Of
cement asphaltum OF maeadam prop
erly bound. as other states are build
ing and have been for years Vermont
is a state of highways hundreds Of
miles of them; over which the great
baik Of our commodities, produced or
used. have 20 80. Whether transport
alton costs are high or low means as
much or more 10 Vermont as it pos
sibly can TO any state. Our business
interests are scattered. not centered.
and anything that reduces the distance
between them. whether the town or
the farm, means the removal Of
handicap which they now suffer com
pared with other sections better serv-
ed. If IL meant nothing added from
outside our borders we could well
afford a big outlay for better high
ways on our own account
But il does mean much TO Vermont
in her bid for people and for business
from outside. Give us five hundred
miles Of frst-clsss modern highways
in Vermont and the future would take
care Of itself Within five years we
should be discovered. like a virgin
state. by un-numbered thousands Of
people TO whom We are now but a
small backwoods country without at
fractions that interest them. Lay
down the gateways of these fine roads
at few convenient points Of access
on our borders with "A Welcome TO
Vermont" sign overhead and big tide
of travel would set in almost immedi-
atcly, leaving not only its vacation
dollars behind but carrying back home
tlos, ,xnnl .nxo,fs and fhatr axva eued
interests for the future
IL ia great mistake To suppose that
a big tourist influx TO Vermont would
return. In addition would come an
appreciation OF Vermont gained
through actual touch that would mean
right direction. Permanent residence
would follow summer residence and
investment in Vermont enterprises
would succeed awakened interest and
investigation into their possibilities.
This has occurred in Florida, Califor-
MIA and everywhere else that summer
or winter travel has set in. Why not
in Vermont
We have the Garden OF Eden IN
Vermont during the summer and
autumn SthSDnA. mo Ullltf Vhib VI
this country equals the natural beau
ties and attractions we offer Thous-
ands Of people will come and enjoy
them with us If we will only give them
travelling facilities that will please
them, make a certain publicity effort
TO inform them, house and feed them
comfortably and treat them well per
sonally in our contact with them. The
first definite step should be the build
ing Of best quality highways. Ver-
mont can do this--can take hold of II
intelligently, adopt a proper system
and methods, finance II and see II
through TO successful completion.
If we are, in this article, recanting
we have said in the discus
sion Of good roads, we make no apol-
ogy nor effort to connect Nip with
former expressions. Progress does
not move by the pathway Of stupid
In third article we
shall try TO complete the presentation
of this theme on Vermont develop
ent.-Herald a. News.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13
AUToCRACY AND AFTER

Washington, May 10--The Republi-
can Publicity Association, today gave
out the following statement from its
Washington headquarters:
~ am the State was the form in
which was expressed the essence of
the doctrine Of the divine right of
kings, and after us the deluge,' WIS
the utterance of Madame de Pompa-
dour whose sinister control Of hngly
power brought the divine right to. its
end in the bloody French Revolution.
Since the darkest hour comes just be-
fore the dawn, and, as Emerson said
Bad kings help us il only they are
bad enough, perhaps Louis XIV and
Madame de Pompadour conferred q
blessing upon mankind, however much
selfshness and ambition may have
been the motive Of their acts.
Louis XIV is by no means a soli-
tary figure In the history of despots.
His egotism and ruthlessness in deal
ing with his subjects and with his
associates have had their counterparts
in every age IL not in every generation.
The description of the despot OF
France, written year ago, might stand
as a picture Of despots who lived gen
erations before or generations later
Human nature has changed little ir
the gradual evolution Of civilization.
'.The maxim Of Louis that self az
grandizement is at once the n0bles'
and most agreeable occupation of
kings has been the maxim Of every
autOcFat, either living under mon
archy or a form Of government sup
posed 70 maintain the principles Of De
mocraey. In the view Of such ruler
he is II once the sole legislator, judgs
and executive.
*Priar 70 the tine when Louis AZ
tained his majority, the heads Of hif
various departments were wont Z
conduct the business that fcil 70 the
respective Offices. but upen taking per
s0nal control Of the reins Of sovereign
IS he called his cabinet together anf
- history tells as, Informed them thu
in thc future he should himself atten
70 Affairs II IS even recorded tho
he then charged the secretaries not
sign any paper, not even passporf
without his express commands. He
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13

gave personal attention 10 every mat
ter, even the most trivial he ha
able men about him. but they chafe
under his minute directions and tire
less superintendent.
Undoubtedly, II Louis had suffered
a prolonged illness and any member OF
his cabinet had called a conference Of
cabinet members. prompt dismissal
would have been the penalty. with the
comment that nothing can be done
without me- The court Of Louis was
the most extravagantly magnificent
that Europe has ever SEEN, and II the
monarch had even had occasion 10
cross the ocean TO attend peace con
ference. he undoubtedly would have
taken with him a retinue Of aids eN-
tensive enough 10 I'LL a steamship es-
pecially equipped for his personal
pleasure and convenience. II he had
participated in the framing Of q
treaty, he would have rejected the
suggestions of any Of his countrymen,
and would have insisted upon the ae-
ceptance Of the treaty without the
dotting Of an Il or. the crossing Of
"A t..
History often repeats itself. Louis
discredited absolute monarchy by his
shameful abuse Of his unlimited power
His extravagant expenditures
weighed France down with crushing
and intolerable burdens. During
his reign the French nation made a
swift descent towards the abyss Of the
revolution of 1889
"Tlle reaction from autocracy is cha
otic in its tendencies"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13
VERMONT

Situated and conditioned as Vermont
now is, we believe her best lead from
an economic point of view Is the easiy
beginning and consistent prosecution
ofa well-coneeived program of general
highway Improvement. Vermont will
not develop until travelling through
out the state is made cheaper, easier
and more comfortable than it is at
present. II will develop with this
essential agency properly attended to.
We regard our Vermont roads as
good, and so they are, in way. On
the whole, or rather on the average,
they serve the ordinary needs Of our
people fairly well. There has been
steady and general improvement on
them for the past ten or fifteen years
until, during the summer season, the
main thoroughfaresare quite satisfac-
tory most Of the time, for motor We
hicle or team traffic. The side or hill
roads compare favorably with the gen
orally poor and neglected ones Of other
states.
Yet our public highways fall very
far short of the ideal, Of what YER
mont needs or deserves, in her present
situation. During fhs month or six
weeks of spring, when the snow Is
leaving and thc frost coming out Of
the ground. nobody travels over them
unless compelled TO. Except the newly
laid, well drained and highly crowned
gravel roads (which soon deteriorate
TO the common standard under the
neglect and lack Of resurfacing they
received, they are difficult, unpleasant
and sometimes impossible of passage
during this time on account of mud.
During periods Of drouth in summer
they are dusty and sandy, limiting the
loads that can be carried over them
and certainly the comfort to be deriy-
cd in traversing them. All through
summer, except the short new stretch
es, they are rough and rutty, wearing
alike upon man. motor and beast.
During fall and early winter comes
the rainy and frozen period, with al
lernate mud, slime and teeth-loosening
roughness. Only in mid-winter. when
deep snow mercifully covers them, are
our Vermont highways the equal Of
our sister states. They are at all
times, speaking Of them as a whole,
narrow. poorly surveyed and poorly
graded. Anyone who has studied the
road question or spent much time In
vcstigating can arrive at but one con
clusion, VIZ. that our main Vermont
3 horoughfares are inferior makeshifts
sompared with those u other states
xhich comparison is both proper and
pertinent, inasmuch as transportation
facilifies form 50 important a link In
z he economic system and have 50 vital
a bearing on the welfare Of any sec
ton.
And Vermont has SO much 20 gam
from really good roads-meaning the
hard, permanent kind, wide, wen
Trained. as straight and well graded
ss conditions permit, easily travers.
BILE at q minimum II effort ~ al
easons Of the year; roads that laugh
AZ mud or dust and TO which rutz are
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13
CHAPTER vlrI

Through the green timber Bryce
Cardigan strobe. and there was lilt
IN his heart now Already he had
forgotten the desperate situation from
which he had just escaped; he thought
only Of Shirley Summers face. tear
stained with terror; and because he
knew that at least some Of those tears
had been Inspired by the grayest ap
prehenslons as 10 his physical well.
being. because IN his ears there stili
resounded her frantic warning. he
realized that however stern her decree
OF Punishment had been. she was
nevertheless not Indifferent to him.
The climax had been reaehed--and
passed; and the result had been far
from the disaster he had painted In
his minds eye ever since the knowi
edge had come to him that he was
doomed 10 battle 10 knockout With
Colonel Pennington, and that one or
the earliest fruits OF hostilities would
doubtless be the loss of Shirley sum
ner's PRICED friendship. Well. he had
lost her friendship. but snll small
voice whispered to him that the loss
was not reparable-whereat he
swung his axe as bandmaster swings
his baton; he was glad that he had
started the war and was now free 10
fight II out unhampered.
Up hin and down dale he went.
Within two hours his, long. tireiess
stride brought him out into a clearing
in the valley where his own logging
camp stood. He went directly to the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-05-13

worry over M And why continue 10
discuss an unpleasant topic. my deari
Her uncle took her gently by the
arm and stcered her toWnrd the ca
boose. well. what do you think OF
your company nowy" he demanded
gayly.
Il think" she answered soberly,
that you have gained an enemy worth
while and that II behooyes YOU not 10
underestimate him"