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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
ATTEMPT AT BLAcKMAIL7
Declared Defendant Benjamin in Mat
ter of Suit Over Cows.

In cross examination in Washington
county court to-day, John + Benjamin.
defendant in a suit brought by II. w.
McAllister over the sale of some cattle,
stated ais belief that an attempt was
made TO blackmail him in the office Of
Theriault & Hunt in Montpelier. In
response to a question by an attorney
for the plaintiff. McAllister. the wit
ness replied that the whole bunch in
the Office tried to. In reply to furth-
er questioning he said those in the Of
flee were McAllister, W. \. Theriault
and Clarence Kew.
Said Attorney George Hunt "Do
you want the jury to believe that any
one tried to blacsInail you IN the Their.
iault & Hunt Office"
"Nes." was the response; ''the bunch
tried to, in my opinion"
Suit was brought in the case BY
McAllister on the claim that the cows
sold him by Benjamin were not a. rep
resented
The testimony Is likely to be finished
to-day and the case probably viii be
ended tomorrow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

John Cross Is spending a few days
in New York on business.
Robert :. Morgan OF Barre enrolled
last week a. a student at the Albany
Business college, Albany, \. Y.
Miss Josephine Reghini has resumed
duties in the Union Dry Goods store,
after a vacation Of two weeks.
Carroll Smith OF New Haven. who
has been in town visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. d. Smith Of summer
street. for a while. has returned 70 h.s
work in New Haven.
Cider vendcrs arc thicker this year
than ever. A man living on Orange
street reports that in one afternoon
this week six different farmers called
al his door with cider 20 sell
Richard Magoon % Pawtucket. r. l..
passed through Barre yesterday on his
wav 10 visit his tormer home in Or
anre. Il l. Mr.. Magoon's first visit %
this section for about IS years.
The annual district meeting Of ths
sons of Veterans viii De- held ~ith
Afaior L A. Abbott camp of Bsrrc
mis- evening a. 7:30 in the Auxiliary
hali IN the Worzhcn block several d.
vision officers win b. present All -
bed orders are invited. supper r7i be
served By the Auxiliary AZ the close #
ths meeting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
UPPER sILEsIA DIVIDED.
According to Reported Decision Of
Council of League.

London, Oct. l2.--Diyision Of the
plebiscite district of Upper Silesia
along line representing compromise
between the two lines laid down by
Count Sforza. former Italian minister
of foreign affairs. has been decided up
on by the council of the league of ma
tions, says Geneva dispatch to the
Central News.
1t is said that the districts Of Glei-
WITT. Hindenburg and part of the dis
triet of Beuthen would 60 to Germany
under the councils solution of the
Silesian question. The districts Of
Koenigshuette, Kattowitz and the re.
mainder of Beuthen would be assigned
to Poland. The line reported TO have
been drawn by the council would be
further north of the boundary proposed
by England and Italy at the time of
the critical conference in Paris last
summer. The eastern end of the line
Is not given in the Geneva dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
TRADE FELL OFF.
Exports and Imports Decreased During
September.

Washington. d. c.. Oct l2.-values
Of imports and exports of merchandise
each fell off materially during Septem
her, according to figures made public
by the department of commerce. Inn
ports for September were slS0O00,000,
the lowest for any month this year.
Exports last month totaled S325,-
900 600. only S5.0OO000.0O0 more than
the lowest month this year. July, and
s46.000O00 below the August record.
Both imports and exports were ap-
proximatelv 80 per cent below the to-
tails for September. 1920.
September imports OF gold totalled
ss6,5l50O0, or approximately s20.O00.-
000 below the imports of August. but
sl5.000000 above the imports Of Sep
tenber, 1920 Silver imports dropped
from s7.S52. 900 in August to s4.565 900
for September. Silver imports Tor
September last wear were s0.50l 900.
Exports of gold took decided jump
from August to September. the CON-
parative figures being S67l 900 for Au-
gust and 50, AS, 900 for September. Sill
yer exports also showed an increase
for the month, si,9s6.000 being export
ed as compared with s3.743,00 for
August The September silver exports
however. were nearly s2.0O0.000 below
the exports for the same month last
year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
WANT WAR ON CAPITALISM.
British Transport Workers Cali For It
In "0nly Effectual Way"

London, Oct. ll.--Afiiliated trans
port workers. railroad employees,
miners and metal works. have been
called TO meet in a conference on
November II, the date of the opening
of the Washington conference on
Limitation of armaments according 10
decision of the International Fedora.
tion Of Trades Unions of Great Britain
Robert Williams, secretary of the
transport workers union, informed the
Daily Herald. organ of labor, last night
that the conference would call on
the peoples of America and Europe TO
@wage war against capitalism in .he
only effectual way
"When politicians and statesmen
vote credits for war munitions" he
continued, "they will have to reckon
with the question whether the workers
viii produce and transport them.
Mr.. Williams said the conference
that had been called would become a
comprehensive one, which would in
clude the workers Of Europe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
WOMEN JURORS
SOLID ALL TIME
FOR ACQUITTAL
The Case Was Taken Yes
terday Afternoon By Ju-
ry Consisting Of Nine
Men and Three Women,
and the Jury Had to Be
Locked Up Oyer Night in
Hotel z

Cleveland, o., Oct. r. Marian Nc
Ardle, 20-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Eva Catherine Kaber, was found not
guilty of completely in the murder plot
of Daniel Kaber, her stepfather, by a
jury to-day. The jury of nine men
and three women had the case under
deliberation since late yesterday after
noon.
Eight ballots were taken, the three
women members Of the Jury standing
solidly for acquittal throughout.
The jury resumed its deliberations
to-day after night spent in hotel
where it was locked up when it re-
ported to Judge Homer G.. Powell that
it could not reach verdict.
Judge Powell instructed the jurors
TO bring in one OF four verdicts--first
degree murder without mercy; first de-
gree murder with mercy; second de-
gree murder, or acquittal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
Inside City Limits of
Barre, Company Sends
Notice
LOWER FAPE DID NOT
PROV ss BONANZA
The Highf tate Will Go
Into T ct on octo-
Ser %

The st car fare within the city
limits of Barre and Montpelier will
jump back to six cents commencing a
week from next Sunday. Notification
to this effect was received by the board
Of aldermen last night from H. T. Vol
holm, receiver Of the Barre & MontpcI-
ier Traction & Power Co. The letter
said that the reduction from six to FIVE
cents, which was made sometime ago.
had proven a failure as far as produc-
ing revenue was concerned, Working
mems tickets are not included in the
raise.
A report from the Montpelier &
Barre Light & Power Co., to the effect
that certain changes in light positions
had been made, was read and adopted
The lighting committee recommend
ed that small light be placed on First
street as requested in petition read
at the last meeting. The board accept
ed the recommendation and ordered the
work carried out. A petition for light
at Wellington and Sheridan streets was
referred to the lighting committee.
The lighting committee was also re-
quested to investigate complaint
made to the board through City Clerk
Smart that the wires near l06 and los
Railroad street are void of covering or
insulation. Mr.. Smart said that be had
taken the matter up with the light
company but that nothing had been
done.
Permits were granted as follows: W.
j. Whitcomb of upper Camp street to
keep pig; Augusta Guazzini of 20
Bassett street tc keep a COW; George
Gilmore to reshingle the houses at 9,
II and l3 High Holborn street and d
Blackwell street; A. Sangninetti to re-
model garage at SO ClIrrier street.
David White to build garage off New
ton St; G. j. Bartlett to build gar
age on Allen street; Peter Puricelli to
build a hnhouse on upper Prospect
street, and Mrs. Icey Spence to build
a piazza at 25 Warren street.
The following bills were ordered
paid. Payroll, city clerks office, Ss6.07:
payroll. street department, s5l6.29;
payroll engineering department, s3s
Is; payroll, water department, Sill
IS; payroll. fire department, Sl95.90
payroll. police department, Sl05.l7; G.
L. Booth, $40; L. Z. Richardson, SIS: S.
L. Ruggles. for city directory, s.:
NJ. J. Corliss' share of expense of EN-
ployment of county agricultural ad-
viser. s2s0.23;s ID. NJ. Gilbertson. Sll.ln;
c. W. Averill Co.. S37 As; n. d. Phelps
Co, S43.9l; Granite City Tool Co,
sla.s4; city water department for city
water service, 1924; Gay Coffin, 2s
lays use Of car, S2s: water rebates,
sll065; city clerk, cash paid out,
streets, slls5; city clerk, cash paid
,ut, water. $ll4.95.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
ONE GAVE UP LOOT.
Leading to His Arrest and Capture of
Fellow-Thief.

st. Johnsbury, Oct l2.-Orrin Rog-
ers and Joseph Rogers, cousins, both
agecr2l years, OF Cabot, were arraigned
before Judge Harry Blodgett in munici-
pal court yesterday charged with
breaking and entering the general
store of Rogers and Currier at Walden
Heights and carrying off between $50
and $50 worth Of merchandise. consist
ing OF trousers, sweaters, shoes, etc.
Both young men pleaded guilty The
cases were prosecuted bv States At
torney James B. Campbell.
For his part in the crime 0rrin Rog-
ers was given sentence of not less
than three years nor more than seven
in the state prison at Windsor while
Joseph Rogers because he returned his
portion OF the stolen goods and gave
himself up, received a lighter sentence,
receiving not less than two years nor
more than six in the same institution
Both men sat unmoved when Judge
Blodgett announced the sentences.
According to the testimony given in
court the two Rogers broke into the
Currier store shortly after eight O'Clock
Sunday morning, gaining entrance to
the building through a rear window.
They carted off considerable property
in several large bags. The discovery
of the theft was made Monday morn
ing when the proprietors opened the
place of business.
0rrin Rogers testified that he carried
his part Of the loot to his home in
Cabot and hid the articles. Joseph
Rogers did the some but lost courage
the next day and decided TO return the
goods and yield himself to the au-
thorities Hs was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Clyde Lance Of Cabot and
brought to Caledonia county jail TO
await arraignmcnt He told officers
that he had waited outside while his
cousin entered the store and stole the
goods He admitted that he received
his full share of the stolen property
0rrin Rogers eontradieted his testi-
mony, saying that he also participated
in the robbery inside the store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
. SOLDIER KILLED.
In Crash of Army Truck and Motor
Bus-Three Soldiers Hurt.

Branford. Conn. Oct l2.-Private
Thomas +. McManus of Boston, an IN
fantryman, was killed in a collision Of
an army truck from Camp Deyens,
with motor bus on Branford hill
to-day. Three other soldiers were in
jured.
Francis Savigny Of New Bedford.
Mass. was driving the truck that was
in tho collision. He says his truck
was slightly out Of line as the string
of ten trucks went down the steep
hill Savigny saw the auto bus coming
up the hill and attempted to haul into
line. The truck skidded. he said, with
all brakes set and he could not hold II.
The men were on their way from Camp
Devens to Fort jay, n. y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. James Browne are At
tending the Tunbridge fair to-day.
Irregular meeting of st. Johns court.
C. o. F.. Thursday evening at o'clock.
Installation Of officers
PRINCIPAL Lyman c. Hunt of the
Spauldino school is in Rutland to-day
attending the teachers convention.
Elmer Comstock who has been visit
ing for few DAYS with Lucius Flint Of
Summer street. has returned % his
home in Canada.
Mrs. T. H. Carroll has gone to Hart
ford. Conn, to visit her daughter, who
is employed in the millinery department
Of Soott's department store
The horse racing which was to have
been held at St. Adams to-day was
postponed until next Saturday because
Of the inclement weather. The matched
race between Single G and Nerlie
Patchem was the feature.
Marshall 4 Wendell player piano.
the highest grade on the market. Tor
sale al a great sacriEce, As we are
leaving for California. n. T. Blossom.
l24 North Mian street. over A. & r..
store. Call Thursday or Friday
adv.
A nice clean lot q high readc house
hould furniture, including a dining
room set. mahogany bedroom set,
brass bed. rugs. dishes, etc, must BE-
sold at sacrifice AZ We leave for Cali
fornia. Call Thursday or Friday. II.
B. Blossom. l2f North Main street,
over A. & p. storc.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
FUNERAL AT GRANITEvILLE.
For Mrs. Joseph Allaire, Three Lodges
Attended.

The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Allaire
of Graniteville was held ST. Sylves-
ters church in Graniteville this morn
ing at O'Clock. The bearers were
0dule Gilbert, Joseph Letourneau..
Joseph Berard, Peter Pereault, Nspo-
leon Pereault and Emet Tousnault
Among those attending the services
were the Ladies OF st. John the Bap-
tist, the Catholic Order OF Foresters
and the Ladies of the st. Anne. The
orders accompanied the body from the
house to the church. Burial was in
the family lot in the Catholic cemetery
in Barre
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
HIT TELEGRAPH POLE
AND TITO ARE DEAD
Automobile Containing New York Men
Was in Smash at Westport,
Conn.

Norwalk. Conn, Oct. l2.-Gerson
Douglas and Alexander Anderson, both
of the Bronx, New York City. are dead.
the victims Of an automobile crash
against telegraph pole at Nash's
crossing, Westport late last night
Douglas died almost Immediately aft
er he was hurled out of the machine
and Anderson expired in the Norwaik
hospital this morning. Five others of
the party are in the hospital. but il
was stated that apparently none was
seriously hurt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
FUNERAL OF ALEX ADAMS.
Was Held at l6s Washington Street
Tuesday Afternoon.

The funeral ef Alexander Adams,
who died Sunday. was held yesterday
afternoon at o'clock at his late home,
l6s Washington street Rev. w. Men.
Kittredge conducted services. The
bearers were James Smart. James a.
Anderson. Alexander Fowlie and An
gus Macdonald. There were many
floral tributes. Burial was
in Hope cemetery, where Rev. b.
tredge also OBLIGATED.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
POLICEMAN oBEYED
when Ordered by One Of Three Young
Men to leave Them Alone.

Burlington. Oct. Especial Officer
William Gsdue. on duty in the lumber
yards. reported that about 3 O'Clock
yesterday morning he stopped three
Young men who hai just alighted from
freight train. each carrying a sait
case heavily loaded. probably with iiq-
0uor. After the oficer stopped the
men one of fhem dreN q revolver stat
ing that II the officer did not leave
the malone they Uould put. a hoie
them alone. The policeman. Who was
unarmei. did not care to argue th-
case and the men DISAPPEARED.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
.WATER.ENOUGH
In RESER VOIR.
Barre Supplied Sufficiently
for First Time in
eMonths
CLOSE CALL FROM
WATER FAMINE
Supt. Ruggles Believes An
other Reservoir Will
Have to Be Built

As result of the rain of Saturday
and the downpour during last night
Barre is spared water famine, ac-
cording to the belief of Supt. Ruggles
of the water department. A visit by
that official to the Orange reservoir
this morning revealed that the water
in the big container was within six
inches of the top, whereas five days
ago the water was half gone and low
ering at rapid rate under the i'm
petus of the drouth and consumption
Of water by Barre's 10000 people.
Since Saturday the water has raised
five feet.
While the big reservoir at Orange
was one e-half gone last Friday, the
Bolster reservoir on the west hill was
even more depleted, the water there
being three -fourths gone and sinking
at such a rate ais TO cause considerable
anxiety. Now that the danger seems
to be over for the season. Supt. Rug
giles is ready to admit that it was a
close call for Barre as regards a va
ter famine; and he adds that If the
stonesheds had been running full ca
pacity during the summer there would
have been crisis a month ago, or
earlier than that. 1t is his opinion
that another reservoir win have to he
constructed and filled with water be-
fore the stonesheds viii be able to OPP
crate to full capacity under dry con-
ditions.
Supt. Ruggles took advantage Of the
low water in the Bolster reservoir to
clean out the basin as much as possi-
BILE under the conditions. with water
standing five feet deep. That the pro-
cess was moderately successful can be
realized by consideration OF the fact
that two hundred two horse loads of
mud and weeds were taken out of the
basin and carted of. These weeds
were what caused the taste 10 the city
water when the Bolster reservoir sup
ply had TO be turned into the system
for drinking purposes. Although tie
I seryoir Is by no means absolutely
elean, ii Is in far better shape than
IL was in the middle Of the summer.
Now that the cleaning is done. the
water from the Orange reservoir isl
being diverted at night time into the
Bolster reservoir in order TO get a
quick supply of water there. This is
done BY means of opening two gates IN
the main system, permitting the wa
ter to flow back through the pipe of
the Bolster line and into the reservoir
because the latter basin is 60 feet
lower than the reducing chamber on
the Orange line.
1t was the purpose Of the water de-
partment to make repairs this fall to
the spillway of the Orange reservoir;
but the rush of water a. the result cf |
The recent rains has caused post
of that work for the time
being at least. and perhaps until next
spring. The water there is as high
ss any time in the year except in the
winter and spring.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
MONTPELIER
City Council Allows Bill of s55, goo IS
on Street Paving

Montpelier city council last evening
held special session because OF the
fact that today is holiday and the
members did not Want to hold met
ing this evening, so the clerk will this
evening adjourn the meeting. The re-
port of the paving work was submitted
and the poyment of the contract al
lowed. The paving on State and Main
streets, as done under the contract
with the Freisel Contracting company,
cost S65 ,906.s5 The request of the
American Legion that the honor roll on
the city hall lawn be removed will be
complied with after a photograph Of
the roll is taken so that the list Of
names may be preserved There vas
general discussion relative to the street
railway affairs and the notice that the
company is TO increase its fare in the
city limit above FIVE cents was received
from the receiver The petition signed
by w. w. Brock and others for wa
tering trough on Main street was again
laid on the table after a slight consid-
Grafton. L. Ala will be notified by the
clerk to take down an alleged spite
wall. at one end of wall he recently
built TO retain his lawn, before Friday
morning or the city will remove the
wall at his expense. The street sde.
partment steam roller will be use1 20
resurface Main street from the end of
the paving to Spring street,,a little
work done on First avenue and a little
near Main street on East State street
after which the roller viii be housed
for the winter. A new milk ordinance
was enacted. changing the regulations
relative TO sale of dairy products. Moth
ing was dan about the complaint
concerning the billboard in front of the
Playhouse, or the repairing of the
allcyway between the state building
and the Pavilion hotel
James Reynolds was arrested by
Chief of Police p. j. Connolly yester-
day for intaxication and taken to the
Washington county Jail. His case was
heard in city court Henry Bowers Of
Montpelier was arrested in Barre yes
terday afternoon for the same ofTense
and brought 10 Washington county
jail by the Barre police.
A marriage license was issued On
Monday 10 George Edward Bennett of
l25 Berlin street and Miss Florence
Lafoe Of the same address. Miss La
foes former home was in Pike. \. II.
and Mr.. Benefits parents live in Plain
field.
The evening, night and morning
trains on the Central Vermont rail
way were all late in Montpelier due
to one trouble and then another. The
evening train was an hour late vester.
day due to a derailment at Oakland.
the south bound night train due 70 sn
accident al the same station; the north
bound night train because 81 hea "
traffic: and the north bound morniuc
train owing 70 engine trouble. deias
ing i about an hour. This caused The
branch train 20 BE- late coming from
Barre to connect with the south bound
mail. - il vas late in lsavirg
the local station.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
The water Shortage Elsewhere.

The rains which caused a relief from
anxiety in Barre also served. of course,
TO help out in other places. Some
cities and towns, particularly those
in the northern tier of counties, we're
far worse off than Barre inasmuch as
some Of the towns were, at times,
without power and light because of
water shortage and the drinking water
supplies were almost exhausted.
Springs which heretofore had never
been known to fail had run dry dur
ing the drouth of the summer and fall,
and farmers in many cases were COM
PEELED to get water for household pur-
poses from brooks, TO say nothing Of
drawing water from those same brooks
for their stock. But the heavy rains
of the last few days have done much
TO fiji up the springs, and with the
further rains that are expected before
winter sets in the danger of a win
ter drouth ought to be averted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
MORE UNEMPLOYMENT REPORTS.
Were Submitted to the National Con-
ference To-day.

Washington. d. G.. Oct. l2.-Pre-
sentation Of complete report Of sub
committee was continued to-day before
the national conference Of unemploy-
mcnt with the detailed recommenda-
tons of hte committees on shipping
construction and public works for the
permanent bettermeut Of business and
scheduled 10 make their
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
VALLEY OF ALMOST PURE IRON
, Has Been Found on Lake Shore in
Canada.

Edmonton. Alberta, Oct. IA
whole valley Of almost pure iron lying
on the shores Of Lake Athabasca, with
deep water right up to the claims, has
been discovered sn the north by Nor
man C. Butterheld and his son E. A.
Butterfeld. residents Of the Edmonton
district according TO details Of the
discovery reported in the Edmonton
Bulletin.
Analysis Of the claims show that
II j. 64.56 per cent pure iron and fifty
one million tons in the shape Of loose
blocks are lying on the surface Of the
ground close % the lake ready for
shipping without any mining opera
tions being necessary. il j. said.
The Burterfelds also have located
= vast deposit II coking coal in the
Brazesu country. Il proved ~ con
tain lo0oo0o0o tons Of coal suitable
fcr the reduction Of iron ore.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-12
FIGHT IN BOSTON.
Tom Gibbons and Hugh Walker Meet
To-day.

Boston, Oct. l2-Tom Gibbons Of
81. Paul and Hugh Walker Of Kansas
CITY met here to-day in a ten-round
bout Il was the fourth match. hut
the first in which they have fought
% a decision. Both are light heavy
weights.