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Evening star., 1920-03-17
JOINT FLEET MANEUVERS
TO BE HELD IN JANUARY

The first joint maneuvers Of the At
lantic and Pacific fleets will be held in
Panama bay early in January, it has
been announced at the Navy Depart
ment.
Decision to assemble the two fleets
in the Pacific at that time was
reached at a conference between Sec
retary Daniels. Admirals Wilson and
Rodman, the fleet commanders, and
Admiral koontZ. chief of operations.
Detailed schedules for the maneuvers
are now being prepared by the COM
n1anding admiralS.
Announcement also was made that
the annual practice cruise of the
midshipmen next summer will IN
clude a voyage to the Hawaiian Is
lands andnto several ports on the Pa
ciflc coast. Six battleships. including
Vice Admiral H. P. Jones flagship. the
Connecticut. will compose the practice
squadron. witch will begin the cruise
on June with some 1900 midship-
men aboard. The cruise will end Au-
gust IS,
Evening star., 1920-03-17
WOULD STOP MIsBRANDING.
Representative Rogers Offers Bill
to Prosecute Offenders.

A bill designed to stop misbranding
Of all manufactured products has
been introduced by Representative
Rogers. republican,, Massachusetts.
and referred to the House Interstate
commerce committee. which will hold
hearings on 1t and similar measures
beginning next Friday
All products transported in inter
state commerce, under the Rogers
bill, would he compelled to be cor
rectly branded as to weight. material
and quality. each misrepresentation
constituting an offense punishable by
81. 900 fine and six months imprison-
ment. Retailers and wholesalers
would be protected from prosecution
on showing written guarantee Of
the manufacturer that the law had
been complied with.
Evening star., 1920-03-17
MANDATES ARE ALLOCATED.
Lloyd George Reveals Disposal of
Several Former German Territories

LONDON. March 15.-David Lloyd
George. the British prime minister,
today in the house Of commons an
nounced that the following mandates
had been allocated:
German East Africa, to Great Brit
ain and Belgium: German Southwest
Africa. to the Union of South Africa !;
German possessions in Pacific ocean.
south Of the equator, other than
Samoa. to the commonwealth Of Aus
tralia: Samoa. to New Zealand and
the German Islands, north of the
equator. to Japan.
Evening star., 1920-03-17
ASK DISMISSAL OF SUIT.
Argument of Motion Is Set for
March %

Dismissal of New Jerseys original
suit in the United States Supreme
Court to test validity Of the prohibi-
ton amendment and portions of the
enforcement act was asked in a mo-
ton yesterday by Solicitor General
King, contending that New Jerseys
complaint did not present matters of
a justiciable character.
Arguments upon the motion have
been set for March 20.
Evening star., 1920-03-17
Ouerhead Costs and Volume of Sales

From March 5h to April lst there is ''between
gap during which ''overhead costs. such
light. heat, salaries. insurance advertising
tnue. These are fixed costs and are always present
The plan used last fall and will it this
Spring FORCES A VOLUME OF SELLING AT A
TINE WHEN ORDINARILY WE WOULD HAVE
Evening star., 1920-03-17
Rewarding the Early Buyer

In order to force the volume of sales from March
18th to April ls period when ordinarily have
full selling costs without volume OF sales, will
ward every early buyer wth,a
Evening star., 1920-03-17

The body Of Mrs. Laura Vaughn was
found in a barn near Chattanoosa.
Tenn.. yesterday. and officers are
searching for her husband. who is ac-
cused of the murder.
Evening star., 1920-03-17
M Preseason Discount on Any Suit
xV/O in Either of Our T.Oo Stores
MARCH 18TH TO APRIL 1ST

Below the regular prices. and besides each reg
uar price is the e-Season Discount Price ANY man
who can add and and make can see a genuine op-
portunity to real money
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Paul A. Chase of Harris place is i'll
with influenza.
Ralph Cudworth, who has been i'll
since Sunday, is gaining slowly.
Miss Amy J. Hines, stenographer in
the Peoples National bank, is confined
to her home with a severe cold.
Miss Anita Bohne of Townshend has
come here to be employed in the home
OF Henry .. Beckman of North street.
Miss Florence Converse, clerk in
Houghton & Simonds s drygoods store.
is having a few days vacation from
her work.
Miss Mary Butterfeld. student in the
high school, went this afternoon to her
home in jacksonville to visit over the
week end
Rev. and Mrs. f. A. Slack of Brook
line, Mass, who had been registered at
the Brooks House, have returned to
their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Sunderlin,
who had been registered at the Brooks
House several days, have gone to their
home in Athol, Mass.
John A. Clune has taken position
with the Merriam Hall Woodworking
company of Leominster, Mass. He will
make his home with his sister. Mrs. E
j. Reynolds.
Reuben Brown, clerk in Thomas ,:
pharmacy, who had been i'll with ton
silitis and had returned to his work
has had relapse and is confined to hi.
home again.
Miss Rose Batchelder returned yes
terday from Manchester, where she haC
been a few days She was called from
here to Winchester, n. a., by tn,
death of her father, Edgar Batchelder
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
WEST BRATTLEBORO

D. W. Harris is out again after hav-
ing been confined to his home two
weeks with a severe cold.
The Home Study club will hold their
regular meeting next Tuesday evening
in the home of Mrs H. H. Thurber.
Mrs. W. II. Tyler returned Wednes-
day night from Greenfield where she
spent two weeks with her mother who
had been i'll but is improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark of Greenfield,
Mass, who had been visiting here in
the home of their daughter, Mrs. Hoyt
H. Barber and family, have returned
to their home.
Mrs. Helena D. Mathews, superin-
tendent Of the Melrose hospital. who
has been confined to her rooms in the
hospital the past week by illness, is
some improved but is not yet on duty.
Mrs. Luella Lake, who has been caring
for Mrs. W. +. Mixer, was called Monday
to the home of her brother, Wesley
White, in West Guilford, on account of
the death of her nephew's wife, Mrs.
Louis Whitney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
WHITINGHAM

Arnold Shippee is housed with
mumps.
Evelyn Williams of Jacksonville is
working for Mrs. L. H. Sawyer.
Mrs. George futile went. Monday to
North Adams hospital for treatment.
Miss Mae Rogers went to North ADJ
ans Saturday to take az short course
i'll the normal school,
The grammar school children en-
Joyed party at the home of Viva
Graves Friday evening. 81
} Little Blanche. Reynolds is able to
be in school again after being out two
weeks with an attack of shingles.
Mr.. and Mrs C. S. Goodnow enter.
tanned several friends at their home
Saturday evening. They enjoyed the
evening playing cards and were treat,
ed to sugar eat.''
Calista Roberts, Dorothy Hathaway.
Bessie Bishop, Leon Hager and Mrs.
Evelyn Harrington, teachers in town,
attended the teachers convention in
Brattleboro last week.
Mrs. Rose Caffrey went to North Adj
ans hospital last week and underwent
an operation Saturday. This is the
fifth time Mrs. Caffrey has been under
the surgeon S knife within the past few
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
437 4OS 4ll-l,256
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

D. H. Wilder of Bellows Falls, for
merly of West Brattleboro, has been
chosen for the second year as superin-
tendent of streets and water works in
Bellows Falls.
The funeral of Charles B. Park, who
died Monday, was held yesterday aft
ernoon at o'clock in the home of his
grandson, Roy B. Monroe at 21S Canal
street. Rev d. E. Trout, pastor of the
First Universalist church, oficiated.
The body was placed in the Prospect
Hill tomb. The bearers We're Roy B.
Monroe, Robert Burnham, Harold L.
Smith and Fred A. Cain.
News was received here today of the
death this morning in Boston. of Miss
Marguerite Wheeler of that city, who
died suddenly. She was a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Warren Wheeler and
q grandniece of the late j. Henry
Pratt of Brattleboro and of Miss Eliza
A. NJ. Pratt of Putney road Besides
her parents she leaves one brother, Ar
thur Wheeler of Cleveland, Ohio She
had many friends in town through her
visits here and at Spofford lake, where
she was frequent summer visitor.
Several fine fur auto robes. Look
them over. Salesroom, Elliot, corner
Elm street. 28S-290
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
PARoCHIAL SCHOOL TESTS.
Results of Examinations Given For
Month of January.

Va SlfEu VI
Month of January
/. Following are the results of January
tests taken by the children of st. Mich
aePs Parochial school:
Grade 9-Mary Caren, 99a4; Ruth
Fihon, 90 and three Fights; Margaret
Danyew, 90; Josephine O'Connor,
90; Ruth Deffner, 81; Elizabeth
Grady, 90; Christina McGarrigle,
80; Susan Curry, So Maurice Austin,
So; Peter Sullivan, so; Leo Nor
rissean, 70; Loretta Prentice, p;
Gladys Porter, II.
Grade slightest average, Blanche
DUDE, 90; Helen Austin, 81; Alice Gut
heen, SO.
Grade Highest average, Timothy
o Conner, 81. Over 80, Roger Shipman,
Katherine Haus, Edward Curtis, Kath-
crime Connors; over so, Joseph DUDE,
Lillian Conwell, Alonzo Searles, James
Guiheen, John Guiheen.
Grade 6-Highest average, George
Danyew, 80, and Robert Coombs, SO.
Over so, jeanette Broullard, Mary Belle
Gregware, Eva Clarity, Doris Porter.
Grade slightest average, Chauncey
Young 90, and Mary Riley, 90. Over
co. Mary Stolte, Alice Wujcik. Cath
crime Heaphy, Elsie Reaume, Florence
LaForest, Elizabeth Salisbury, Gabrielle
Turgeon. Over 80, Thomas Guiheen,
| Mary Griffin, Elizabeth Austin, David
Lyons, Berangere Turgeon.
Grade Highest average, Catherine
Stone, 96 and hree-ffths. Over 90,
Edward Dunlevy, Emma Balargeon;
over 50, Monica Mann, Joseph Baker,
Joseph Ferriter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
SPORTING
ATHOL HIGH TO
PLAY HERE TONIGHT
Will Go Against Brattleboro High in
Armory at 'clock-Local Boys
Plan on Winning.

Athol high is coming tonight to try
comeback on Brattleboro to even up
for the trimming they received from
Brattleboro at Athol. Brattleboro's bas-
ketball team has been practicing faith
fully and is in good trim for tonight.
Those who saw the game last week
Wednesday against Greenfield will re-
member that they saw one of the best
games played on the court in Brattle-
boro this year. They will be glad to see
the team do the same tonight. The game
opens at O'Clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
SoPHoMoRES AND JUNIORS WIN.
Second Year Men Trim Seniors-Fresh-
men Get Nothing from Floor.

In the high school interclass basket
ball games in the Armory yesterday aft
ernoon the sophomores made the seniors
walk the plank to the tune of II to 8,
while the juniors cut circles around the
freshmen and made the tally 26 to 2.
The sophomore senior clash was of much
interest, with the result in doubt all the
time. Wells was the big noise in the
junior freshman bout, shooting 10 of his
teams - baskets. The freshmen were
unable to connect at all from the floor
and had to be content with two counters
from fouls. The summaries:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

The police of Rutland arrested for
intoxication Tuesday evening a man
who was regular apothecary shop.
The fellow was Edward Canton, a
= floating lumberjack. He had accu-
mulated first rate flag" and he had
the wherewith to keep it up for he
had in his pockets three bottles of
lemon extract, two of orange flavoring
and phial of eheckerberry juice pre-
served in alcohol. He was also in posi-
ton to buy more when this extensive
stock gave out for his jeans gave up
$77.34 in cash when the minions of
the law had shaken out his various
pockets.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
For Colds, Grip or Influenza

and as Preventative, take LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets.
Look for E. w. GROVES signature on
the box. 80.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

A popular novelty now sold in the
streets of London is little book, a
history of the Great War, which meas
ures about an inch square
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

Owing to the increase in size of our
brains, it is stated, our skulls are be-
coming thinner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
Totals,
TEAM C WINS MATCH.
Beats Team F Three Points to One on
Masonic Alleys.

Three points were won by team last
night in the bowling match on the Ma
sonic alleys with team F for opponents,
while there were but 10 pins difference
in the total score, team C's pinfall being
/ ,256 to l,246 for team f. Dimes of team
G rolled los and 2S9 for the high single
string and three string total Following
are the scores.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

years. At last reports she was doing
WELL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
VERMONT NEWS.

Five cases are pending in the Munic
ipal court at White River Junction un.
der the statute prohibiting the impor.
tation and exploration of cattle with.
out permit from the cattle commits
sioner.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

Mark Medlar, 10, of Burlington was.
Scared for his life when he was severe
y burned by the explosion of coal
stove in Mcmahon s. bakery in that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

The commissioned officers of the Ma
tional Guard of the State of Vermont
met at the Armory at ST. Adams We'd
nesday evening to elect two field Off
~eers of the two battalions for the state
of Vermont. Captain Guy c. Cowen of
Company \. Rutland, was elected ma ior
Of the first battalion and John w.
Tinker of St. Johnsbury major of the
second battalion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

John J. Rafferty, of whitehall y. Y.
has purchased of Mrs. NJ c. Donahut
of Albany, n. Y, the hotel at Airing
ton. He will take possession March
Mr.. Rafferty, was interested in the hote
business in Rutland before going IL
Whitehall
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06
ENID BENNETT
What Every Woman Learns
A Thomas H. Ince Production

A Thomas II. Ince Production
The story Of q girl who lived
for pleasure and married a par
Tor clown.
Then the sad awakening-the
other man the greater love-
the burning struggle that gives
this girl soul.
A picture that goes to the
heart of love and marriage and
meets the problem with open
eyes.
Milton Stills, Theodore Roberts
and Irving Cummings in the big
supporting cast. Enid Bennit in
vivid emotional role that is diff
ferent from any other she has
played. See it!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

Fire was discovered Wednesday
morning about $50 clock in the barn
of st, JosePh's Orphanage at Burlington
1by one of the sisters who saw smoke
issuing The people in the institution
were active from the start and sue
seeeaed1 hi fesc firte tisetsdven COWS. Hofge
and all wagons and sleighs from the
Turning building. The fire was con-
fined to the hay NOW, and about seven
tons of hay and straw were DESTROYED.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-06

Mrs, Elvira Ruth Stevens of East
Hardwiek celebrated her Goth birth
day yesterday. Even at this advanced
age she presents a splendid example of
the sturdy vigor of her forefathers.
being in direct descent from Hannah
Dustin of Indian fame Four years ago
then at the age of 90, she made trip
of 240 miles to Boston in an automo-
bile. The trip was made in single
day. and the surprising thing to her
companions on that trip was that she
felt the strain of the long ride no more
than did they.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-16
M'SW|NEY JUDGE
REPORTED SEIZED
BY SINN FEINERS
Officer of Court Martial That
Sentenced Mayor Dragged q.
From a Train.
TWO OTHERS WITH HIM.
Sim Fein Court Has Passed
Sentence on "MurdererS
of MCSWiney."

CORN Nov lG.-Threo men. one an
English officer, wcrc dragged from a
Cork sktbbcrecp tram last night 10y
kidnappers
The officer N..s ornevod to have
sat in the court martial which Gen
tenced Lord Mayor MscSN Niney to Jail
on charges ot scdltiou.
Sim Fein court wos Ieportei TO
have passed sentence on the .'mur-
dcrcrs' Of Terence MacSwincy. II was
declared all those connected with hia
imprisonment would he sentenced and
that the penalty would be cXacted.
British officers have watched care
fully FOR any attempt to carry cut the
threats. One "vcugancc band" which
set out for England imrdin,cly after
MacSUincy's death, was broken up.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-16
FIREMEN RESCUE
WOMAN AND BABY
TRAPPED IN BLAZE
Garry Pair From Smoke Filled
Room After Minister Tries
in Vain to Save Them.

Mrs. Julia Mastcllanc found her
SELF trapped in her home on tho sec
ond floor of the three story tene-
Inent at No, 400 East 18th Street this
afternoon. \ rolling tide Of the thick
black smoke from q mattress factory
on tho flrs. g'orr drove her back
from the stairs ara hal! until she
was hanging ou' . window, holding
her eighteen -montus-old baby, Rose,
out in the air
The window Was in sight ~ the
Grace Cnapo, House d, nIergarton
rooms at No. 40 East 18th Street
Frightened children called tho Rev.
Elliott white Of the chapel and
showed him Mrs, Mastellanc's plight.
The minister ran across the street
70 the iron shop next door TO tho
burning house and dragged out an
iron ladder by which he tried 10
reach the roof ~ "a shed from which
there was access 20 the windows OF
the Mastellane flat He had made
two vain efforts TO scale tho distance
between the top Of tho ladder and
the roof when Engine No. ) arrived.
Fireman James Mcdonald, with the
ala Of tho ftov. MIR. White, was able
70 scramble 70 tho roof where the
minister had failed.
Mcdonald crept into the smoke and
worked h!s way by swinging On a
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-16
2 Husbands =?
She Has 4, So
Is Acquitted
Lawyer Proves Bigamy Conf
plant Technically Wrong;
Case Goes to Grand Jury

Annie Levine tat and forty, ap-
peared in the Court Of General Ses-
sions to- day before Judge Mcintyre
TO answer a charge that she had two
husbands She was acquitted on the
ground that instead Vt having
two, she had four--and maybe six.
It's dreadfully complicated and it's dp
TO tho Grand Jury
Mrs. Levine--ir that is her legal
name--lives at No. los Essex street
Assistant District Attorney McQuaid
said that on July last she married
Harry Bakol, M. 1877 Ludlow Street
cloth dnlsher. and that in July,
1915, she had married Max FeiRen-
bnum, wealthy baker In Clevelond.
So she was accused Of bguny
She took the stand and enumerated
he following matrimonial adventures:
Married No. !. Philip Serota, No
il3 Cherry Street, in 1895, and had
thrco children.
Married No. .. Louis C,apper, in
1905, after getting a Jewish divorce
from ScrotJ.
Married 40. 3, Max Cegenbaum,
Aug %. 1919.
"Married No. 4, Harry BakaL Juy
l. 1920"
Thereupon her counsel moved thai
the jury be directed to acqult on the
ground that. whom she married Dakal.
Frigcnhaum was not as the com
plaint said, he legal husband, and il
there wa legal husband he was
NOT namod IN the complaint Judge
Mcintyre mad to grant the motion.
But no sooner Ind Mrs. Levine been
discharged than she was rearrested
ana held IN 5000 bail to await the ac-
lion OF the Grand Jury on her own
story Ard % was said that dctcc-
tiNcs on ,he case are prepared to
name TWO moro husbands, including a
man by lhp name OF Levine,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-16
MUST PET WOMEN;
ARE LIKE KITTENS,
DECLARES JUDGE
"AS Easy to Kill Your Wife With
Neglect as With Razor
He Odds.
CHICAGO, Nov l6.
WOMAN, stroked the right

IN
~ way, will purr like a cat,
but stroke her the wrong
way and she becomes a potential
tigress, according to Judge Harry
A. Lewis, hearing divorce cases
here.
Women" he said ARE like
kittens.
you've got to pet EN- to keep
EN- happy" he said. MANY a
home has been broken up be-
cause q man has been too lazy to
pet his wife.
1T is just as easy to kill your
wife with neglect as with a razor.
And there are better ways OF
showing youT wife you love her
than by sending her a dozen
roses"
Lewis announced hr was
through breaking up humcs."
lie has established a "rcruuc,lil-
ton room" in connection with his
court and where there is 4 chance
of bringing an estranEed pair to-
gether he sends them into this
room to 'make up"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-16

The motion 10 dismiss the indictment for perjury against George
Back the millionaire real estate operator and contractor following his
testimony before the Lockwood Committee investigating housing cond
tons to-day denied by Judge Joseph H. Muqueen Of the
Court e General Sessions
Backer ordered to appear morning to plead
to the indictment
The legality of the indictment attacked by Edmund Mooney
BckerG counsel the ground that the Legislature having adjourned
t. functions of the lockwood Committee had expired and it was with
out authority to administer an oath to witnesses before it.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-16
POLICE AUCTION AIRPLANES.
AIsO S.Ik stockings. Pipes, CRmi-
sole Goods and Liberty Bonds.

Unclaimed and condemned goods D.
tho hands OF tho Police Department
We're sold at auction this nou.no ..
lTcaduuartcr. n the lost ppu,.r.
clerk's orfrc rnc lo,s offered uclg4 4
war savings -tamp,. ladies' Antf....
silk stockings, $50. Lapr-,y Kanr
baseball uniforms, sardines, ice r.ouu
fycczers. bambo pipe foreign coils,
broken watches feather fans. cigarettes,
sugar and "Contamers.'
The list also included twenty two lu-
tomublles, two aerOplancs and eight
discarded patrol wagons