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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-01-20
CHARGES BRITISH CONTROL 40 AMERICAN SHIPS
INSANE JANITOR ARRESTED
AS WORCESTER INCENDIARY

!
BOSTON, Jan. 20-State police Of
ticers who are investigating incendi-
arism in connection with the fires
that caused a damage of more than
$1,000,000 in Worcester have report
ed to State Fire Marshal George
Neal, that they are satisfied the fire
in the Merifield building, one of the
three principal places burned, was
set. Marshal Neal said his officers
had obtained from Watchman VIM.
N. Taylor, statements through which
they would bring him to court. Fire
in the Knowles buildin~ may have
been caused by spontaneous combus-
ton and this ist he theory on which
the officers are now working.
WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 90
City and state police pursued vigor-
ously today their inquiry into the Sc
rie5 of mysterious fires, which des-
troyed property worth $l,500,000 in
the business and manufacturing dis
trcts yesterday. Orders read TO the
police asserted that incendiaries We're
at work and directed that all suspi-
clous characters be arrested on sight.
William N. Taylor, night watchman at
the Mel1'ifeld Building, was under
observation at the Worcester State
Hospital today. He was booked at
police headquarters as insane after
an alenist had examined him at the
request of state police officer. The
Merrifeld building was one of those
burned in the lumber district.
MISTOOK HUSBAND FOR
BURGLAR AND SHOT HIM
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 20-Mrs.
Maud Miller, Sc, shot and killed her
husband, Peter J. Miller, a fraternal
lodge organizer, in the hallway OF
their home early today She told the
police she thought he was burglar,
various attempts having been made
TO gain entrance to the house.
PETERSON-PIERSON
Miss Rose Evelyn Pierson of ST.
Johnsbury was quietly married Mon
day, January II, to Hall Peterson Of
Windsor by Rev. L. w. Sharp. The
ceremony was performed at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter c. Rodltf
on Webster street.
The bride is a graduate of Lowell
Business college and has been en-
pioyed as stenographer at Fairbanks
office. The groom served overseas
during the late war, and is now
prosperous farmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson left on the
air line train for Boston for a short
wedding trip, and on their return will
make their home in Windsor.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
NEW BOYS CLUB HOME
OPENED ON C STREET
More Than 1000 Attend Exercises
Boy Scout Band Gives
Program.

More than 1000 attended the official
opening of the Boys Club Of Wash
| ineton. at Sd and { ste, - ycs,srcia.
Music by boy saxaphone players
featured the early exercises. which
started at o'clock. and during the
program.
| There were no set addresses. but all
of the officers and board of trustees
or THIS new organization. which AIMS
for the betterment of the youth Of the
city. were present. Every feature of
the club was outlined to the visitors.
| The club is governed by boy officers.
| which include the following: Elmer
! Hall. supreme court justice: Matthew
Twooney. Edward Payne and David
! tary of state; Eddie Steffe. secretary
| of membership: David Walsh. secre-
| tary of finance: Benjamin Shapiro.
| secretary of library; Harry Birtman.
| secretary of interior: Elmer Hall.
editor of Target: Laughln Mater. dis
police; Edward Payne. Elmer Hall,
| Matthew Twooney. Jack Watson.
| Harry Birtman. Francis Ford. Bernard
Sunday and Curry Carter. senate:
Sweeney. Eddie steffe. Benjamin
Shapiro and Frank Villari, police.
! W. y. Neil is president of the or
| Ganization and his wife is the. matron.
! The following are the Washington
people who are back of the club: G.
| W. Montague. assistant superinten
dent: Edward L.: Stock. John Dolph.
David r. Covell Byron S. Adams.
James 7. Lloyd. Louis +. Rusch. Harry
K. Boss. William Knowles Cooper,
Charles I. Corby, H. Bradley David
, son. Edward c. Graham. Frank r.
! Jelleff. Ralph W. Lee, Fred NJ Mac
Kenzie. Darcy NJ. Magee. George P.
Sacks, c. w Serlmes. Sidney West
George H. Woodward. Beverley Smith,
c. Percy Thompson. Edward Rheem
D. J. Callahan, W. w. Griffith. Fra nix
D. Shipe.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
DISTRIBUTION OF WAR TROPHIES
PRESENTS PROBLEM TO CONGRESS

terial can be released. In the last
Congress the Senate passed a bill
providing for ribution of the cap
tured pieces to states. according to
the number of troops furnished dur
ing the war. This plan had War De-
partment approval. but the House OBJ
jected and amended the bill to pro-
vide for distribution through SEN
ators and representatives. The two
houses never got together on this
point and the bill died. 1t is expected
that another effort will be made to
agree on a. method of distribution.
approximately 5000 measures pro-
viding for distribution of the relics to
various communities went into the
hopper during the last Congress. none
receiving approval of both houses
Members, realizing that it would take
too much time to pass bills allocating
each gun. favor a general bill pro-
viding for pro rata distribution either
to states or congressional districts.
Evening star., 1921-04-09

Besieged by requests from munich
palities in their districts for some of
the guns captured by the Americans
from the Germans and Austrians,
members of Congress who have ar
rived in Washington for the special
session, beginning Monday. are Won
derins how they can get the Eur-
rendered war material out of the
warehouses at Port Newark Termi-
nal, ~ j.. where it has been stored
since arriving in the United States.
Thousands of field and machine
guns, howitZers. trench mortars and
rifles, and nearly a million smaller
articles. ranging from orname nted
helmets to uhlan lances, were brought
back from Europe by the victorious
..Yanks." but their distribution as relics
has been delayed by deadlock In Con-
sress as TO the method of assigning
them to localities.
Legislation is needed before the ma
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Quick Relief From,
Constipation

Get DR.. Edwards Olive Table.
That is the joyful cry of thor
sands since DIR. Edwards produce
Olive Tablets, the substitute fo;
calomeI.
DR.. Edwards, a practicing ply
sician for IL years and calomel's
oId-time enemy, discovered the
formula for Olive Tablets while
treating patients for chronic con.
stipation and torpid Iivers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do
not contain calomel, but a healing,
soothing vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the keynote" Of
these little sugar-coated, oIive-coI-
ored tablets. They cause the bowels
and liver to act normally. They
never force them to unnatural ac.
tion.
If You have a dark brown
mouth"-bad breath-a dull, tired
feeIing-sick headache-torpid liver
constipation, you'll find quick. sure
and pleasant results from one or
two of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
at bedtime.
Thousands take them every night
Just to keep right. Try them. l5e
ana soc.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Ry the Associated Press.

nv The AsSOclateu PTpsS-
ST. JOSEPH. Mo. April 9.-Dr. H.
Augustine Smith of Boston CniVer-
sity in an address at the closing ses-
sion of the music Supervisors national
conference said the eighteen mill1on
Sunday school pupils OF America nave
been brought up on jazz. soft soap.
Rih1e paraphrases and amorous melo-
die curves in music.
Through a nondescript collection
of in-smelling jazz. jungle and juice
We have been making children not
blooded animals rather than sensitive
worshiping souls" he declared.
This is the fault of the sospei
hymn today. 1t is either STOCK
taking of sins or it whlsks one away
to sloryland vivace- .--
.Rroadway rhymsters are tearing
marriage and home life to tatters'
Evening star., 1921-04-09
CONGRESS TO GET PLEA.
Recommendation for Soldier Relief
to Be Transmitted.

Recomme e ndations made by Presi-
dent Hardings special commission on
Soldie- relief are to be transmitted by
him to Congress when il conVepes
next week in special sessiOl. The
President is understood to be heartily
in accord Nvith the commission hnd
ings and with legislation which al
ready has been prepar along the
lines laid down in the report.
AnDroval of the recommendations or
the committee was given today by the
National Disa bled Soldiers League.
In n formal resolution adopted bythat
body the President is asked to make
the consolidation Of bureaus having
tcrdo with soldier relief work and to
appoint one of the $4,000 disa abied
veterans as director general of the
new administration.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
suicide Twins Left Big Estate.

NEW YORk.-Trustee accountings
filed here showed that Gladys and
Dorothea Cromwell. twins. who in
1919 leaped to death from a steam
shin while returning from France
after war service left estates amount
ing to s264.6S6 and S210.656, respec-
lively. The bulk of both estates was
loft to their brother, Seymour i.
Cromwell of Mendham. y. j., and
kneir sister. Mary Rebecca Crom-
we'll of Paris
Evening star., 1921-04-09
HYMNS BLANED AS MUCH AS JAZZ
FOR BAD INFLUENCE ON CHILDREN

Dr. Smith traced the growth of re-
ligious music from the time of the
early Hebrews. declaring that their
songs had never been surpassed for
their literary texture and their his
toric and devotional content. I'VE
have available hymns written from
battlefelds. from the marts of trade,
from the streets of industrial life, and
pp-to-date hymns, but churches have
been content to sing instead saccha-
rine ditties about the brevity of life
and longing for heaven he said
Evening star., 1921-04-09

HOBDKEN. y. J.. April "a strange
case of the voluntary exile of two
elderly women of moderate means.
who locked themselves in suite OF
three rooms in centrally located
hotel for more than three years, has
been revealed to the authorities.
Until today the women Miss Caro-
line Sunderland and Mrs. Fannie Mil
ler. haois not left their rooms since
tireiy On canned goods ordered by
mait Their rooms We're paid for by
checks thrust through crack under
the door
The story came to light when the
hotel proprietor complained to Health
Commissioner Stack of the accumuia- =
ton of empty cans on the fire escape.
The commissioner gained admittance
to the rooms only after he threatened
to break down the door.
Miss Sunderland. the elder of the
two. was i'll in bed, suffering from
tuberculosis in an advanced stage.
She was taken to a hospital. where 1t
was said she probably would not live
long.
Mrs Miller said they had shut them
had to- and would make no other
statement. After Miss Sunderland
was taken to the hospital. Mrs. Miller
sought rooms elsewhere.
Rank Ordered Closed.
CHARLESTON. wash The First
National Fank OF Charleston. Wash.
vas closed on an order from the
controller of the currency. Deposits
an,Gun, to more than s6oG.0oo The
last statement. February !. 1871.
showed total resources of S9lS.931-
Failure to realize on farm paper is
blamed for the banks condition.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Mail Pouch Stolen.

SULLIVAN. Ind.-Evidently seek
ing the payroll for a coal mine near
by. robbers for the second time in
twenty-four hours. stole a locked
mail pouch here. just after it was
thrown from the Chicago and East
ern Illinois railroads Dixie Flyer.
Southbound.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Rank Ordered Closed.
Biu Aims Mt I.and Suit.

LANSING MiCh-A bill introduced
in the lower house Of the Michigan
legislature would authorize a legiS!a-
tive Ccmm iSSion to bring suit in
United States Supreme Court to estab-
Iish Michigan's right to an area of
approximately 200 square miles. now
claimed by Wisconsin as part of
that state. The disputed area con-
t;.ins the city of Hurley and some
Of the richest iron ore deposits and
timber lands in the lake region.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Bondit., Ammunition Seized.

Ell PASO. Tex.-Fifty pistols and
10000 rounds of ammunition, all
American-made. were seized in Juarez
by customs men under command OF
Rafael Davila. The ammunition
packed as if for shipment. was in
tended for bandits in southern Chi
huahua, Col. Davila said, according to
private information he had obtained
which led to the seizure.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Veterans to Meet i'm Detroit.

DETROIT-The annual convention
of the disabled veterans of the world
war will be held in Detroit June 21-oo
Announcement was made in teie-
gram received by the local branch OF
the organization from Judge Robert
:. Marx of the Cincinnati superior
court national commander.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Prisoner Commit. Suicide.

TAMPA. Fla-ThurSton I. Vaughn
arrested here a few days ago for the
authorities at Columbia. s. C.. COM
mitted suicide in the murderers cen
at the HillsborouGh county jail mere.
He slashed his throat with razor.
almost severinG his head from ms
body.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Drugs Worth sIoo,Oaa Seized.

NEW YORK-Drugs valued at
more than 100000. in half-pound
packages. said to bear Darmstadt.
Germany, markings. were seized in
Mott street apartment. David
Rotti. importer, and occupant of the
apartment. was arrested. Police said
the drug cache evidently was part
of S35000O shipment which had
been smuggled into the country. In
Brooklyn raid several weeks ago
drugs bearing similar markings We're
taken.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Employers Announce "Open Shop.

MEMPHIS, .Tenn.-Employers OF nVe
building trades whose employees have
been on strike since April |. an
nounced that negotiations for set
tlement of the wage question are at
an end. and that they will hereafter
operate on an open shop basis.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Mrs. William Faversham Dies.

NEW YORk-Mrs. William Faver-
sham who while she was on the
stage was known as Julie Opp. died
here at the Post Graduate Hospital
after an operation
Evening star., 1921-04-09
By BUD FISHER.

The Vice Regal Lodge in Dublin is
the private home of the lord lieuten-
ant of ireland while he holds office
The official residence is Dublin Cas-
tie. where all receptions. balls anG
other functions of state are helA.
Evening star., 1921-04-09

years old. was treated at Casualty
Hospital yesterday afternoon for
stab wound in her left side. She told
the police she was in a fight in Knox
court.
John Pleasants cofored thirty
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Aviator Killed in FnlI.

SAN DIEGO. Cal.-Ensign Harry
Charles Batchellor, L. S. y. r. F.. of
Los Angeles. attached to the North
Island Navy Air Station. was killed
when a seaplane. of which he was the
pilot, fell 500 feet into the bay
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Woman Elected Mayor.

OMAHA. Neb.-Miss Mary Peterson
was elected mayor of Red Cloud. Neb.
by seven votes in Tuesdays election.
belated returns disclosed. She is the
first woman mayor in the state. MISS
Peterson is part owner of an ice
plant.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Potatoe. 1s Cents a Buxhcl.

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich.-Potatoe
sold for IS cents a bushel on the mar
ket here. 1t was the lowest price
reached in many years. and was due
to the receipt of thousands of bushels
growers had been holding for higher
prices since last fall
Evening star., 1921-04-09
AVIATORS REACH HAITI.
Marine Corps Flyers Land at Port
au Prince

The two Marine Corps airplanes fly
ing from Washington to the Virgin
Islands reached Port au Prince. Haiti
yesterday, the Navy Department was
advised today. The next stop will be
Santo Domingo City.
Evening star., 1921-04-09

a lot near South Capitol and NJ streets
last night about $50 o'clock. He was
cut and bruised about his face and
head and bitten on his left arm. He
was treated al Casualty Hospital.
Mary Buchanan. colored. thirty-two
Evening star., 1921-04-09

years old. 1908 6'2 street. was treated
at Casualty Hospital last night for a
cut across his left wrist. which he
received in d fuss with an unidentified
colored man in front of 1l39 7th
street.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
CUT AND BITTEN IN FIGHT.

Thomas H. White, colored. forty
years old. 512 NJ street southeast. had
a fight with another colored man on
Evening star., 1921-04-09
To Retry Police Inspector.

NEW YORk.-The appellate divi-
sion of the supreme court unani-
mously reversed the conviction in
1920 of former Police Inspector DOM
mick Henry on a charge of perjury.
growing out of New York's vice cru
SADIE. A retrial was ordered.
Evening star., 1921-04-09

The city of Muskegon, Mich, has
loaned $4,000, without security, to
those of it's citizens who are out Of
work and in need.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Mexico Bans Sending Money.

SAN ANTONIO. TeX.-The Mexican
postal department has requested the
United States postal department to
prohibit sending of currency or ne
gotiable securities in the ordinary or
registered mails to Mexico, accord
ing to an announcement here by
Postmaster George D. Armistead. fol-
lowing receipt by him of letter
from Postmaster General Hays re-
QueStinS his opinion in the matter.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Noted Financier Dies.

PHILADELPHIA Wharton Barker,
widely known financier and publicist.
died at his home here. He had been
i'll for about a month Mr.. Barker
would have been Seventy-fve years
old on May l. He retired from active
bAAineSS some time ago.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
LOckedmHOtelROOm Three Years
Woman E:riles Finally Ousted

than half of the unions in the Chicago
Building Trades Council rejected pro-
posaIs oil the Building Contractors
Association for reductions in the
wages of skilled mechanics from
S1.25 to 81 an hour. and building
l2borers from 81 to 20 cents. The
council claims membership OF
5S, 900.
Evening star., 1921-04-09
Cep.or.hip Measure Tabled.

HONOLULU, T. H.-The senate of
the territorial legislature tabled a
bill sponsored by the American Le-
gion here, which would have re-
quired the foreign press to file trans
lations of articles and editorials with
an official before their publication.
1t passed a substitute measure max
ing the publication of seditious arti-
cleS or comment a felony.
Chicago Workers Refuse Wage Cut.
O-Representatives of more
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-25
Movie Shop Talk

Salvation Nell,' starring Pauline
Stark. is ready for release.
Pomona, Calf. has voted to close
movies on Sunday.
Guess what MADE in this Kitch-
en-" Sennett comedy, is about.
Homebrew, Of course.
Excerpts Of Greek plays done by
Cambridge University students are to
be filmed in London.
Views Of whirling rapids you see
in the movies are often pictures Of
miniatures made with soap suds.
Alice Calhoun trimmed the hats
she wore in THE Charming De-
ceiver."
Skirts" just released, is a six-reel
comedy filed with hundreds of beau
tiful women and scores Of thrilling
stunts.
Wally Reid was once the assistant
editor of an auto magazine. He re-
ceived $50 a week for his first APP
pearance before the screen.
Scenes of an artistic storm and a
tropical hurricane are in "Playthings
of Destiny" which stars Anita Stew
art.
oscar Boy, full-blood Blackfoot
and football player at Carlisle, por-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-25
FROM NEWSBOY TO
SCREEN STAR IS
RECORD OF DINTY
Dinty Faces the Greatest OF
Obstacles and Solves Mys-
terry Which Battles Po-
lice Officials.

From whom id you buy this
mornings paper?
Was it from Thomas A. Edison.
or, was Charles Schwab the lusty-
lunged youngster that reached you
first for your pennies? Perhaps
it was David Warfield and he want
ed to sell you some matches. too, or
possibly Marse Henry Watterson ne
gotiated for your small change.
For all these great men began
their LIES work at the street cor
ners of their several towns. bawling
extras" into the ears of the pass
ers-by. When Marshall Neilan
sought in his mind for a hero for
his next picture, ne figures that Il
member of the hustling, bustling
profession Of newspaper merchants
would be about the right thing, and
the more ne came to know of Dinty
that's the name Of his Juvenile
hero-the more he came to love and
respect him, and the gladden. he was
that he made him a newsboy.
In the latest Marshall Neilan re-
lease there is seen by the observant
some of the reasons why a news
boy has all other professions handi-
capped in the race for honor an /
fans. Dinty the little hero, gets his
education on the street; his books
are the people he encounters. In
that hard schooling the principe
Of 1.-The survival OF the fittest" gets
its freest play.
Through such a career is Dinty
passing million Dintys-and Mar
shall Neilan reveals this particular
sample of a Dinty in the midst of as
thrilling a set o. circumstances as
it is possible for a newsboy 10 en-
counter and triumph over. All the
shrewdness of the keenest minded
youth is required by Dinty to fight
his way through the success and TO
solve the mystery which in the Neil
an story battles the police.
The super-picture of Neilan's is
now showing at the Blackstone the
alter and is being presented with a
special prologue.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-25
PICTURE PATTER.

Deception" showed TO 9,213 its
first day in New York.
The term movie" was first used
in Philadelphia. That was in 1905.
George B. Seitz, So, writes, directs
and stars in his own serials
Stanley Goethals, 4, supports May
Allison in The Woman Next Door,"
Dorothy Davenport-she's Wauy
Reds wife-will soon be seen in
Every Woman's Problem"
There are so recognized film pro
ducing companies in the United
States.
"J'Accuse," a European film, will.
be shown in this country by Marc
Klaw in May.
Will Rogers says that "An IN
willing Hero" is the btst picturt he
ever made--because it's the short
/ est.
J. G.. Hawks, head Of the Goldwyn
scenario staff, has written more than
| 200 producing photoplays.
Lady Rathermere. sister-in-law of
Lord Northcliffe, visited Elinor Glyn
and acted in a scene with Gloria
Swanson in THE Great Moment"
Louise Fazenda had TO cultivate
an artificial smile for the screen as
her natural smile would not regis
! ter.
"DuBarry'' was filmed four times,
twice under the original name, once
as 1.-The Dawn Of the French RepUb-
lie" and as Passion
Harry c. Brown, who will be Alice
Calhoun's leading man in her next.
! CLOSED Doors sings for phono-
graph records.
Alice Lakes auto has so many
windshields that her passengers
have 10 stand up once in a while 10
get a breath Of fresh air.
Nazimova was so painstaking in
the death chamber scene of Ca
bile" that II took her six days 10
die.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-25
CRIFFITHS BROTHER
DEFENDANT IN SUIT

Albert L. Griffith. Drotner OF D. W.
Griffith. the motion picture producer,
is made defendant in an action
brought by Robert Edgar Long. for
mer general press representative for
the Griffith productions, 10 affect an
accounting on the sale OF Way
Down East" souvenir books. now be-
ing sold in theatres where the pic
ture. Way Down East" is being
shown.
Mr.. Long. who designed the SOU
venir book. and whose name appears
on every copy. claims TO have had a
partnership agreement with the
younger Griffith.
The sum OF S11, 625 is involved in
the suit The complainant is rep
resented by Alfred Beekman, of the
firm Of House. Grossman and Vor-
haus. New York City.
The defendant is known in the
motion picture industry as A. L.
Grey, having changed his name from
Griffith TO Grey for business pur-
poses" He is vice-president and
general manager of D. w. Griffith
Incorporated.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-25

trays an Indian part in Bob Hamp-
ton of Placer"
Little family affair: r. A. Walsh
will direct his wife, Miriam Cooper,
and his brother, George Walsh, in
Kindred Of the Dust
Walter McGrail will be leading
man for Anita Stewart in THE Price
If Happiness"
Stupid titles: white and Unmar-
ried," why Trust Your Husband?''
Deception" Passion" and the un-
forgivable one, Male and Female"
Have you heard of graphomania
That's the writing disease" Well
some gimmick sent Pearl White Is
pages of single-spaced typewriter
stuff TO tell her how much he
thought of her.
W. z. Mulligan, publicity man,
was showing Colleen Moore a good
time in New York. He spent 20
cents for their combined lunches.
That was in one of those places
where you drop nickels in the slot
to get your chow.