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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21
The Winter Goats

$500 to $4,000 Printzess Coats, the most beautiful coats
OF the season, made Of the finest material; nearly all
sizes and colors in the various models,
Lowered Price S49.75
$4,000 Printzess Goats, all made of high class materials;
silk lined throughout ...... Lowered Price $39.75
$3.50 Winter Coats, made of fine all wool materials,
Lowered Price $24.75
$4,000 Ladies' and Misses Coats, stylish models, in fine
wearing materials ........ Lowered Price $l9.75
All the Childrens Coats are One-Fourth to One-Thrd Less
than Regular Prices.
$4,000 to $500 Ladies Suits, the finest suits we have had
this season, including the famous Printzess Suits. All
II tN oh0 - -. -. AOWSLS EISG
$500 and $4,000 Suits, made of all wool materials,
Lowered Prices $19.75 and $24.75
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21
MARRIAGES.

In Brattlchoro. Dec. p, by Rev. d.
f. Trout. Robert II. Deville of Troy,
\. Y. and Miss Lillian NJ. Harris Of
BrattlebOro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21
Turkish Towels
A Great Assortment of Beautiful
Towels at Pre-NVar Prices

AUVUAs IN tN-FF Ut AEENN8
Guest Towels, in all white and in
white with colored borders SOC and
Toe quality. at 800 and SOC
Soc Fancy Turkish Towels, large size,
Lowered Price. sec
75c Fancy and Plain Turkish Towels,
Lowered Price, SOC
$1.25 Turkish Towels in a large va
riety. Lowered Price, CSC
$500 Turkish Sets. two towels and
face cloths. Lowered Price, S1.4S
1915 Turkish Sets, heavy quality, two
towels and face cloths.
Lowered Price. SOS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21

Alphonse Sedar of Springfield was shot
in the hip by an officer who had attempted
to arrest the restaurant proprietor follow
ing a game of craps. The officers club
had no effect on Sedar's skull. His wife
is now held in 500 bail for impeding the
officer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21
Knit Goods

Toques and BOnnets, in white and
colors a fine assortment,
Prices soc up to S1.4S
TOque and Scarf Skating Sets, in all
%colors, Prices $1.4S to $3.9S
Children's FOur-Piece Knit Wool and
Angora Sets, all %colors,
Prices $4.9S to S12.5O
Children's Sweaters, in all the popu-
lar styles, Prices sos to S7.9S
Ladies' Sweaters, in all staple styles,
Prices $4.9S up to $3.50
Tyeback Sweaters, now very popular
black, navy and brown,
Prices $3.9S up to S5.93
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21
VERMONT NEWS.

Fred Smith of Woodford killed a 100
pound bear Friday while rabbit hunting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21

Human Beckley, who had one arm man
gled in machinery in Daniels stone shed
in Waterbury Thursday, died at the Mont
pclier hospital Friday night. He was 81
years of age and leaves his wife and five
children.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21
Mems NeckWear

$1.OO Mems Cravats in a beautiful as
sortment. A Christmas Special.
Use
$3.50 Mems CravatS in an unusually
choice selection. There are some
regular $500 ties in the lot.
Special at CSC
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-21
Umbrellas
a USEFUL GIFT

O5AIA IL VII
Ladies Fine Qualiy Umbrellas, a very
large assortment of handles. Reg
ular $500 duality, Price $3.50
Ladies' Umbrellas, in a good gloria
a regular $500 umbrella,
Price $2.3S
Ladies Part Silk Umbrellas splen-
did variety of handles,
Prices $3.9S to S5.9S
Ladies' Silk Umbrellas, all colors,
with handsome ring handles.
Prices $6.9S to $S.9S
Mems Umbrellas, all at lowered
prices, SOS to $4.9S
CiIiIdren's Umbrellas, in all sizes,
Price S1.9S
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
OXEN DRAG HOME
Of FARM WANDERER
Man and Wife TO Journey Across
Continent on 500
Day Trip.

GREENWICH. Conn. Dec. 3l.-With
his home and practically all his
belongings destroyed by fire. }. b.
Berrang, formerly prosperous
farmer OF Westchester. Conn, orig
mated the idea OF constructing
house on wheels and starting for
California. where he has relatives
The unique wagon, attached 10
which is pair OF steers which
Berrang raised on his own farm'
passed through here this afternoon
IL contains almost every convenience
70 be found In a house, hsving drop
beds. oil range. refrigerator ana al
OF the cooking devices. trailer In
the rear. carrying supplies for the
steers, IL drawn by a third steer, leo
by the farmers wife.
MY house burned down, saio
Berrang, "and i just decided to have
house on wheels OF my own ano
10 to warmer climate"
The couple left Westcfester Do
cember I, reaching Greenwich to-
day. They average about ten miles
per day, and expect to reach Call
fornia. going by the way OF New
York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, ant
| Washington, in about a year hair
a distance OF 1000 miles. They
sleep in the open. but shelter th'
steers in barns along the route.
Berrang and his wife are abou
sixty years OF age, and both ar
hale and hearty They will visi
their son at Long Island City.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31

Asked what would solve the prob
lem, one official bluntly replied, more
trade" Another said that the tie'up
in shipping was due to the condition
of foreign exchange.
Still another official said that IT
was not a local condition. because
shipping conditions throughout the
world are at standstill, and he
pointed to the fact that recent cable
dispatches reported that loo vessels
were lying idle in the English Chan
mel awaiting cargoes. This official
said that no immediate relief was in
sight.
Commenting on the shipping situa-
ton and foreign trade conditions gen
orally, DR.. r. S. MaCElwcc, director OF
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, today pointed out that
business depression follows great
business activity. at is quite to be
expected" he said, that at the pres
ent time there should be depression
in the business life of the world COM
parable in degree to the great pros
perity through which VIC have passed.
period of activity and then one OF
depression regularly follow great
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
RENT BOARD HANDS
DOWN Il DECISIONS
Commission Favors Tenants by
Rulings in Majority
of Cases.

The District Rent Commission yester-
day handed down the following deter
limitations:
Harry Wilson against Thomas =.
Brown, SIS rental reduced TO *l-'oo
for $50 Armory street southwest.
Alfred Bacon against Young ana
Simon, $50 rental cut to $40 Tor -lf
d street northwest.
Jamems A. Dixon against Morris
Within, defendant denied possession
OF sts Louisiana avenue northwest:
James r. steele against George w.
Linkins. $3.50 rental cut to $32.5O Tor
apartment IA, the Ward, 3O1 street
northeast.
Robert Davidson against Chester A.
Snow, sos rental reduced to S4h50 Tor
apartment ;. the Holman, 3o2o Dent
place northwest
A II. Clark against Mrs. w. A.
Davis, s65 rental cut to &i5 for l29 r
street southeast.
II. koeber against George w Lin
kins. $50 rental reduced to 345 for
apartment 20 at 1921 Belmont street
northwest.
Johanna Freeman against Herbert
A Gill & Son, $3.50 rental cut to
s2l.5O for 23l7 f street northwest.
Mary Dyer against Stone q Fair
fax. Inc, Sl4.5O rental increased "a
$3.50 for cog Second street southwest
Frank A. Murray against lsadore
Levine, s35 rental reduced to $50 'cr
three rooms OF second floor OF l220
Ii street northeast.
Ada Wamley against FLOYD ~
Davis, 50 SO rental increased to slo.oc
for 1l5 X street southwest. Defen'
dant denied possession.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
GIRL HELD AS Thief
|SADR0|T ACTRESS
Emotional Tactics Of Alleged
Jewelry PurIolner Almost
Disarms Cops.

Aurora Viola WOODY, colored
maid, who Is alleged to have stolen
jewelry valued at 81 800 in this city,
lie such a clever actress that she al
most won her freedom In Buffalo
N. Y. yesterday when she was
locked up tn that city. The
chief OF police OF Buffalo tele-
graphed to Inspector clifford l.
Grant, chief of detectives. that the
woman had been taken into custody.
but he feared OBTAINING her az he
could find no evidence against her.
Inspector Grant Immediately replied
by wire that the women could make
a heart-rendering show OF emotion
whenever the occasion arose and de-
manded that she be held. About an
hour later the chief of ponce at the
Ntw York city sent the following
telegram:
IGNORE first wire. Have found the
jewelry. Send for her"
Detective Sergeant Bradley left Tor
Buffalo last night to take her into
custody. Inspector Grant SAID this
morning that she was arrested here
when she was eighteen years old.
The woman was sen, 10 the apart
ment OF Mrs. Barney Liebmen, IDOL
seventh street northwest, by an EN-
ployment agency in response TO a re
quest for a maid. In less than 'hre'
hours after she was employed she Ia
alleged to have stolen the Jewelry
The theft occurred while Mrs. Lieb
man left to do some Christmas shop
ping.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
WILL END MENACE
TOFERT|lE VALLEY
Experts Take Initial Steps to
Safeguard Canal Essential to
Southern California.

Initial steps have just been taken
by the State Department to safeguard
thousands OF acres OF rich farming
land in the Imperial valley OF CAM
fornia from possible damage at the
hands OF Mexicans, 1t was learned
today.
Acting on behalf OF tn" state De-
partment. Samuel rockingham ana
Edward D. Close have completed an
exhaustive examination OF the imper-
ial valley irrigation project and are
expected TO render report "l'hih
few days.
The Department is said to have or
dered the investigation with view 10
negotiating a new treaty win Mexico,
guaranteeing protection to that part
OF the Colorado river irrigation canal
which passes through Mexican terri
tory, As matters now stand nearly
200 900 acres are dependent Tor water
upon a canal which crosses the IN
ternational boundary and continues In
Mexico for several miles. subject to
the DEGREES OF possibly hostile Me1i-
can governors, and a fair target Tor
the first bandit with sufficient I'M
agination to hurl q bomb into II. In
corruption OF the water supply for
only a few weeks in summer season.
II is said, would result in the destruc-
ton OF crops worth millions OF
dollars.
1t is understood that a treaty en-
bodying the recommendations OF
rockingham and Close Will be ne
gotiated as soon as possible after
diplomatic relations are resumed with
the Obregon government.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
81 CHURCHES Will.
.JO|N |ND.C. VESPERS
Holy Name Society Plans Sol
emn Ceremony Sunday In
Holy Trinity Church.

The annual vesper service OF the
Washington branch. OF the hoy
Name Society. takes place on SUNDAY
evening at 1870 o'clock in Holy Trim
ity Church. The vesper service Will
be attended with all the pomp that
usually surrounds such solemn
ceremony. There will be excellent
music. rendered by the choir under
direction OF George Herbert Wells
with Miss Agnes Whelan as leading
soloist.
The Rev. John C. Geaie. S. j.. will
be ceIebrant OF the vespers, with the
Rev. Mark McGraw, OF ST. stephens
as deacon and Chaplain Carroll Moore
U. s. A. subdeacon-
The sermon appropriate to the oe-
casion will be preached by the Rev.
Ignacius Smith. o p, recently head
OF the Holy Name Journal" Of New
York, but now resigned as . member
OF the faculty of the Dominican
house OF studies at the Catholic Uni
versity. and who 10 regarded as one
Of the greatest orators among u =.
Dominicans
Every church of the thirty-seven
in the Washington section will send
delegations. while the sanctuary VIII
be crowded with priests, spiritual a.
, rectors of the various ORGANIZATIONS
The various delegations Will assemble
in the school hall and march as 3
body into the church, singing, ION
ward Christian Soldiers until al
are seated
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
U.S.TO Be Wet YET
If RIyERSD0N'T'
GO WRONG

That describes the United states.
No. this 70 no Joke. II is the 1T
eral truth.
The Geological Survey. Depart
ment OF the Interior. Is responsible
for the statement
A survey report. issued today.
states that every year q total or
2s3.407.50 tons OF the United states
Is carried off TO sea by rivers. An
average OF Us tons OF soil. pebbles
and loose rock 10 carried TO the
ocean from every square mile or
this country. the report states.
But cheer up. You would have TO
live a long time before the country
went overheard.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
WILSON DEATH PL0TTER
IS ORDERED DEPORTED

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Dec. 3l.-A
deportation warrant has been Issued
against Pietro Peirre, an Italian
anarchist of Chicago. convicted of
plotting the death of President Will
son, Il was announced her today by
united states Attorney Robertson
r,cirre is now under sentence of
three and half years for his share
in the death plot lie has appealed
tho sentence and his deportation will
be held in allegiance until the appeal
Is decided.
PIERRE and the other two anarch-
lists plotted 10 kill the President
ard Secretary McAdoo while the trio
were serving terms in the Federal
prison at Leavenworth for opposing
tho selcctivc service law. They
planned that the one released first
would be commissioned TO carry out
tho assassinations. pcirrc, first out
vas arrested IN Cincinnati "" Fed
.rfal agents.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
EDPARENTS KEEP
VIGIL FOR DEAD SON
I'VE Can't Let Our Boy Lie
There" Says Father, Haunt
ina River Bank.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Dec. 3l.-A
vigil, as simple and tragic as any
ever kept, has Of late made Pitts
burgh river men familiar With the
sight of a thin, gray-haired man
and a comedy middle-aged woman
pacing restlessly up and down the
banks Of the Ohio river.
KNOCKED FROM BRIDGE.
For three weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. E.
J. Taylor. OF Pottsville. Pa. have
kept their watch of grief over the
river in which their son, William X
TAYLOR. was drowned December 8,
when a huge timber fell from the
Thirty-third street bridge, upoL
which he was employed. and knock
ed him into the water. The rather
and mother Immediately came to
Pittsburgh to search for the body OF
their boy. Dragging the river PROVED
in vain. so Mr.. Taylor obtained per
mission to dynamite the river. but the
ice has made this impossible.
Day after day the couple have
walked the banks Of the river peer
ing into the chill waters. Boatmcn
also along both banks have been on
the watch for the body should IT ris"
to the surface The young mans
employers, the American Bridge Com
pany. have helped in the search. But
the father and mother in their love
and their sorrow cannot leave the
watch to others Mr.. Taylor. who is
coal operator, has given UP hi
business to remain in pittsburgh
until he has found the body OF hi
son.
Advertisements placed in all tho
newspapers of the city by the Taylo'
ofYer a liberal reward. The rewarC
offered still stands. said Mr.. TayIo'
today. alathough the advertisement
have been removed.
EXPENSE IS NOTHING.
Expense means nothing" he sai.I
1--WE want only the body OF our son.
! nothing else matters. Mrs. Taylor
and ! will remain at the Seventh
Avenue Hotel indefinitely. Some Of
the rivermen tell us that the bod
| may have drifted into Beaver county
| and we are asking boatmcn there I
keep on the watch and to commune
cate with us Immediately in case the;
should find it,
Overcome by grief. young Mrs. WI
! liam Taylor. wife of the dead man, :
in Mariana. Ohio. with the Taylor
other son. BERNARD Taylor. The fathC
and mother feel that ii is their tas
| 10 watch for the sons body, and the
interrupt their search only Tor
enough to go to the Morguc each tim
a new body is found. As each one
proves to be stranger they walk
| back to the river.
I'VE don't want an elaborate fu
neral" said Mr.. Taylor, neither does
my boys wife. We just want to ic"
that he is with his own people"
The river is so cold added ir.
TAYLOR simply. We cant let our 30
! lie there under that ice. The rewar
we pay will be liberal. and will rs
paid so gladly, just for any infolm
| ton that may help us.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
NEWS CLEANINCS FROM
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY

Frederick Day, sixty-fvc years Old
engaged in the hauling business. Is at
his home in West Hyattsville as the
result of a scalp wound and James
Williams, coIorcd, is in the country
iail at Upper Marlboro, charged with
assault and battery with intent to XIII
and rob.
Early on the morning Of December
%, Williams il is alleged. ma III inc
stable on Days property and "hen
Day came for his horse Williams is
said to have struck him win
shovel Day had S4S concealed in his
back pocket which was oVeriookeo'
Williams was arrested in Washington.
He also is charged with the theft OF
sixteen chickens and two sets OF
harness from J. +. Clark.
Funeral services for Harry V.
Gates. forty-seven years old. an en-
Move Of the Washington Navy YARD
who died early Wednesday morning
at his home in Guy avenue, Hyatts-
vile, will be held this afternoon.
Intcrmcnt will be made in Mount
Olivet cemetery.
The basketball team of Company i,
Hyattsvillc National Guard. added
another victory to its long string last
night when il defeated the Macabee
Athletic Club Ave of Washington. o3
to 5.
Former service men arc invited TO
attend tho smoker in the Hyattsville
armory January : when newly-elected
officers of Snyder Farmer Post,
American Legion, will, be installed
with appropriate ceremonies. Charles
+. Macklin, commander of the De
| partment Of Maryland, American
| Legion, will attend.
In preparation for the inauguration
members Of Company +, Hyattsvillc
militia. will drill two nights week
! instead of one as at present.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
BACK YARD BATTLE
ENDS WITH Staying
Woman Accuseu OF Firing Fatal
Shot Following Fight
Over Children.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3l.-A back fence
dispute between two women led yes
terday to the murder OF Mrs. Concet'
Ia Altieri, thirty-seyen, OF Corona
The Flushing police arrested Mrs
Donetta Masella. forty. charging her
with the crime. The women had been
next door neighbors for several years
on South avenue.
Mrs. Altieri was shot in the right
temple. A revolver with one shell
exploded was found on the back
porch OF the Masella home. the po-
lice claim. Children OF each woman
saw the shooting.
QUARRELED OVER CHILDREN.
Recent quarrels among the chill
dren caused a break in the former
firm friendship OF the mothers, neigh
bors said.
Mrs. Altieri had Mrs. Masella APP
pear on a disorderly conduct charge
in the Flushing court yesterday
morning. The women returned TO
their homes at noon. Some OF the
Altieri children told a reporter that
their mother was standing In the
back yard OF their home when Mrs.
Masella appeared in her rear yard.
Mrs. Masella, using threatening
language, they continued hurled a
brick and a bottle at Mrs. Altieri and
returned to her house. A rev mo-
ments later, the Altieri children said,
she reappeared. armed with revolt
yer. She fred once, the witnesses
say, and Mrs. Altieri fell to the con
crete paving of the back yard she
was dead whom Patrolman CuzZo ar
rived.
HIDING IN CELLAR.
The officer said he found Mrs. Ma
sella hiding in cellar three BLOCKS
from the scene of the shooting. She
was held without bail for hearing
in the second district court of queens
today. Mrs. Masella's son. Joseph
fourteen, was held as a material VIII
ness.
Mrs. AItieri's children are Michael
twenty-one; Palmira. sixteen: Anto,
rio, twelve; Camilla. eleven, and
lanes, nine. Her husband. Frank, re-
turning from work at o'clock last
evening, said he had expected his
wife TO suffer physical attack be-
cause OF the neighborhood quarrels.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
new Clue IN THEFT OF
$4,000 FROM U. S. SHIP

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 3l.-A third
sailor was added by police yesterday
TO the list of suspects in the theft OF
$4,000 from the United States de-
stroyer Saterlee.
Detectives and Federal agents still
are seeking w. II. ]. Meyers. yeo-
man, and NJ Ashmore. apprentice
seaman, of the Saterlee. as princi-
pals in the theft
A third discarded sailors uniform
was found yesterday, giving the new
clue.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
PresbYterians to Keep Vigil.

The congregation OF New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church will cor
duct a New Year vigil service tonight
from IL o'clock until 1921 IL ushered
in. There will be musical and re-
sponsiye service based on an appropri-
ate theme.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
Girl Burned to Death.

FAIRMONT. w. Va. Dec. 3l.-Sus
aged. six years, daughter OF Warren
NJ Naun, outside foreman OF Con
solidated Coal Company. No. ~. =
Middleton, was fatally burned Tu".
day, when her clothing caught ~
from an open CRATE.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
200 u. S. Ships Idle
In American Harbors
AS World Trade Lays
BY HARRY WARD,
l., \. \. STAFF COrrespOnden mt +.

With approxmaely 200 of the l,200 vessels owned or
controlled by the United State Shipping Board lying idle
in American harbors officials Of the Government today
were casting about for remedy.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31
DOLLAR PRESTIGE HARMFUL.

DoLJAH PhESII6E HAhVrt L..
THE bars to international trade are
heavy" he continued. The first bar
is international exchange. The high
esteem in which the world holds the
American dollar is very compliment
tary, but at present this condition
operates to reduce exports from the
United states to foreign lands be-
cause it increases the price of Amer
lean merchandise, as expressed in
foreign currcncics. IS TO several hun
dred per cent. 1t brings with 1t many
complications, including reduced
American export business, increased
foreign competition and even immi-
grafton problems"
one of the causes Of the decline in
our foreign trade. DR.. MacElwee said,
! the low purchasing power of all
Europe.
Europe was our pest customer" he
added Before the war Great Britain
was buying moro than S5OO,0O0,O0O
worth of our goods per year, and
| Germany buying almost as much as
| Great Britain and as much az the rest
Of Europe combined. These pur-
! chases were principally of such raw
materials as copper and foodstuffs,
! though there was also a large trade
| in manufactured goods. Today, we
! find our farmers, wheat growers, cot
/ ton growers, raisers of live stock
and our copper mines suffering from
/ the low purchasing power Of Eu-
rope. All Europe is so thoroughly
! impoverished by the war that the
standard of living is enormously de-
creased. and II looks as IL there were
tendency in Europe to return to n
condition OF the general population
that existed a hundred years ago,
when the working people wore wood
on shoes no stocking and had meat
| once week.
RAW MATERIALS PROBLEM.
There are several factors involved
in the reconstruction OF European In
dustry. The European industries
must buy raw materials in depreci-
ated currency; the manufacturer
must buy raw materials In the fall
ing markets and they hesitate &c
make contracts IN a nuctuating inter
national exchange. They also feat
both tho taxes to cover war cost, and
in some countries, the enormous In
5emnitics that may be levied. Euro
pean production is therefore barely
moving.
"In this present depression, thij
exhaustion following the strife, thit
shock following the operation OF en-
tcring upon n new era, patnful rs Y
may be- We can look confidently u
an ultimate rccovery--a recovery tina
will not be too far distant, though I
may seem rathor allow while we 40
rassinG through IT,"
The Washington times., 1920-12-31

30 you want TO rent a room! 1urn
to the Want ADS now Tor a Dig hst
Of vacancies.
The Washington times., 1920-12-31

THE FINEST GAMBLING HOUSE in Canton, China
is highly decorated and never closes its doors
Fortunes are won and lost there every day, as the
Chinese ere great lovers Of games OF chances
The Washington times., 1920-12-31

war. The time OF the occurrence OF
the depression may be estimated, from
historical analogies. as about two to
three years after the close OF hos
tiIities