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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
TRIPPE &: co. CAN
NOT MEET DEBTS
New York Stock Exchange Firms Fail
ure Was Sur
prise.

New York, Aug % failure OF
Irippe & Co. was announced to-day on
the New York stock exchange.
The firm, which was organized one
year ago, is composed of George M.
Woolsey, William J. Palmer and John
j. Gillies.
The failure occasioned considerable
surprise, as the firm while organized in
It's present form year ago, had been
prominent as commission house for
ten years and there had been no init
nation of embarrassment. In some
quarters the failure was attributed to
the inability of customers to meet
obligations and to the shrinkage in the
last six months of values of many Sc
curities held by the firm as collateral
Albert w. Putnam, member of an
other stock exchange firm, was ap-
pointed receiver.
The firm took its name from Charles
w. Trippe, who died year ago. 1t
had been active in motor and tire
shares
Within the last year four stock ex
change firms have failed. One was re.
Gently reinstated as member Of the
exchange having discharged its obi
cations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
BLAMES FED
ERAL RESERV We
Cotton Producer Declares
Dehation Of Prices
Destructive
AS BROUGHT ABOUT
BY THE BOARD
1--WE Never Had a Buyers
Strike, 1t Was a Buyers
Panic

Washington, Aug. 22.-Attacks on
the federal reserve system were re-
newed to-day before the joint congress
sional commission on agriculture.
J. s. Wannamaker of South Caro-
lima, president of the American Cotton
association, asserted that deiation of
the currency and of prices had been
terribly destructive to all American
producing interests, that it had been
wholly unnecessary but that it had
been brought about deliberately by
the reserve board.
Il heard as early as 1918 that plans
were being rugged to put on dehation,"
Mr.. Wannamaker said. This culmi-
mated in what was called buyers
strike in 1920. We never had buyers
strike; it was buyers panic, the re-
suit of uneeasing propaganda sent out
to make people afraid of prices, to
spread the fear that prices were TO go
lower"
"By whom was this propaganda
spread ?" queried Representative Funk,
Illinois.
'I1l first take up the ease of the
reserve board continued Mr. Wanna
maker, 'and III ask the commission to
ask that board the amount paid out
for publicity during the last is months
for correspondence and the disrtibu-
ton of newspaper material
Senator Harrison, Democrat, Missis-
'ippi, asked if the resreve board had
publicity men and Mr. Wannamaker |
replied that his impression was "that
hey have and that they are well
paid"
Mr.. Wannamaker put into evidence
and bulletins which he said |
.he reserve board issued during the |
asst two years and which he said :.
loosely showed its purpose to bring |
Ibout declining prices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
THEY SHALL NOT PASS
MEMORIAL DEDICATED
American Legion Members Dedicated
1t to Defenders of
Verdun.

Verdun, France, Aug. Members
of the American Legion this morning
in the city hall here dedicated a tab.
let to the defenders of Verdun. The
| ceremony was carried out in the pres
ence of all the city officials. The tab
let was erected to the men who dur
ing the terrific German onslaught of
February and March, 1916, stood be
fore Verdun and held back the enemy.
The tablet bears an inscription stat
ing that it was dedicated TO the men
who uttered the immortal words.
They shall not pass"
At the end of the ceremony four of
the Americans were decorated by the
municipality with the special medal of
Verdun.
The recipients of the decoration
were Major John G. Emery, national
commander of the American Legion;
Franklin ID. '0lier of Philadelphia, first
national commander of the Legion;
Henry ID. Lindsey of Dallas, past ma
tiomal commander of the Legion and
Colonel Milton J. Freeman of Chicago
The party of Legion men spent the
afternoon visiting the Argonne, where
services for the dead were held in the
Romagne cemetery by two former
United States army chaplains, Revs
James j. Halligan and William P.
Little.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
SEVERAL LIVES LOST IN
MACON GAy HOTEL FIRE.;
MANY OTHERS INJURED
WANT U. S. SOVEREIGNTY.
Zulu Chiefs Object to Filipino Over
lords.

.Jolo, p. l., Aug. 22.-(By the Asso
ciated Pressl-A petition signed by
practically all the datos, or chiefs, OF
the Zulu archipelago, nearly 200 OF
them, asking complete United States
sovereignty and protesting against the
Filipino government. has been present
ed to the Wood Forbes mission here.
The petition protests against placing
Filipino officials over the Moros of the
Zulu archipelago, saying:
''We deem it unjust to permit Fill
pinos to attempt any longer to govern
the Mohammedan and pagan inhab-
tants of this region and we protest and
object to their governing territory
which does not belong to them, and
never has belonged to them, and that
against the often expressed will of its
inhabitants
Dato Ami Benaning, one of the group
of Moros slain recently at Lake Laino,
whom Moros have charged were slain
by the Philippine constabulary because
of their statements before the mission,
had expressed opinions favorable to
continued American sovereignty over
the islands, it developed to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
BELIEVES BURcH INNOCENT.
Allie Quayle Burch, Suing for Divorce
Does Not Think Him Murderer

Chicago, Aug 22.-From ALI,
Quayle Burch, wife of Arthur Burch
jointly accused in Los Angeles will
Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain OF the mur
der of J. Belton Kennedy. today cam,
message expressing her faith in
Burch's innocence.
Mrs. Burch. who is suing her hus.
band for divorce. addressed her mes
age 10 Mrs. William A. Burch OF
Evanston. Ill, mother Of the defend
ant. and the missive was forwarded
to Burch. held in Jail at Los Angeles.
~My heart aches for Arthur and want
to help him in this his hour Of nee,l. .''
her message said.
"He is a good. kind hearted soul.
and murder could never enter into his
heart" the letter continued.
William Bright, deputy sheriff and
envoy Of the Los Angeles district at
torney, IL expected here to-day TO he
gin an inquiry into local angles Of the
case.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
ANOTHER CHAPTER nv
FAMILY MYSTERIES
Mrs. E. S. Chea than of Walls, Miss.
Disappeared at Coney
Island.

New York, Aug. % The waters at
Coney Island were searched to-day for
the body of Mrs. L. s. Cheatham of
Walls, Miss, mother of Mrs. Roy A.
Mayo and maternal grandmother OF
little Charlotte Mayo, who has fig
ured in kidnappings at Walls, Mem
phis, Tenn, and New York, while mu-
tual divorce proceedings are pending
between her parents.
Mrs. Cheatham's clothing was found
at locker in bathhouse after all
other bathers had gone. In a handbag
was a letter addressed to her at her
daughters New York address BY one
Mrs Ballard of Memphis. Mrs Mayo
said her mother left her yesterday aft
ernoon 20 20 to Coney for swim and
she judged. from a description, that
the clothing found in the locker was
her mothers.
Charlotte Mayo is understood to be
now with her father, who is New
York broker
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
LONESOME WAR BRIDE
HAS DISAPPEARED
Mrs. Thomas ]. Kane, Wife of Croix
De Guerre Holder, Left Home
in New York.

New York. Aug 22.-The mystery
OF the disappearance of French war
bride occupied the attention of the
police bureau of missing persons to-
day.
Thomas J. Kane. war veteran and
croix de guerre holder, yesterday re-
ported the disappearance Of his wife,
who was Antoinette La Rue, French
Red Cross worker.
Kane said charwoman al an office
building where Mrs. Kane was EN-
ployed as secretary told him his
wife had been kidnapped by two men
in an automobile Mrs. Kane's parents,
Kane said, had never become recon-
eiled to the match, and he feared she
was being taken back to France.
Several entries in a diary left by
the young wife recorded her lonesome
ness in the country of her adoption.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
GRAND LODGE X. OF p.
IN MONTPELIER SOON
Delegates Will Arrive Tuesday for
the Various Ses-
sions.

The grand lodge Of the Knights OF
Pythias occurs in Montpelier Wednes-
day, but the delegates of that organi-
zation and the auxiliary organizations
viii gather in Montpelier Tuesday
morning and afternoon. During Tues
day afternoon the Pythian Sisters will
conduct their memorial service and
conduct other business which generally
takes place that day. In the evening
the Sisters give a reception to the
grand lodge officers of the two above
named organizations.
The committee in charge Of this is
composed of Mrs. Jessie T., Kelly, Mrs.
Gertrude Silloway and Mrs. Ruby
Hewitt The committee on advertising
is Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Rachel Sumner,
while the committee on entertainment
is composed of Mrs. Sumner and Mrs.
blanche Weicher, Dancing follows the
reception.
The same evening the "Dokeys"
have a meeting of their temple in the
Odd Fellows hall when it is expected
that a class of candidates will be Civ
en- the degree. William Duthie of
Barre is the head of the organization.
During Tuesday and Wednesday a
sale Of fancy articles will be held. Mrs
Charles Pierce of Hardwick, chief of
the grand temple, designated Mrs. e.
W. Luce as chairman of that com
mittee This, like the reception, is in
Bailey hall.
The grand lodge session of the
Knights occurs Wednesday with NJ G.
Morse, grand chancellor commander,
presiding. This occurs in the Odd Eel
lows hail. The local committee of the
Knights on arrangements is composed
of Frank r. Dawley, Burt c. Brown
and 6. W. Luce The reception com
mittee is composed of B. A. Sumner,
Burt c. Brown and G. w. Luce.
The grand lodge session of the Py-
.hian Sisters occurs in Bailey hall in |
,tead Of the Knights hall. Headquar- /
ers of all organizations are at the |
Pavilion hotel.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
STAIRWAYS
BLOWN DOWN
BY EXPLOSION
Many People Trapped On
Upper Floors Of the
Structure-Many WOm-
en- Escaped Death BY
Jumping and W er c
Caught By Men on Side
walks

Macon, Ca, Aug. 22.-Three- persons
are known to have lost their lives In
Ere which destroyed the Brown house
4 frme hotel, here early to-day. Fire
men expressed belief that the death list
would be materially increased when the
ruins had been explored. John n
Hayes, former justice of the peace
was among the dead. The bodies OF
two men taken from the second floor
Of the building have not been identi-
6ed.
Approximately twenty of the one
hundred and fifty guests of the hotel
we're injured.
The fire started at ! a. M, and fol
lowed an explosion of chemicals in an
adjoining drug store. One side of the
hotel was blown in.
Many guests were cut off from the
staireases by the first blast Of flames
and the greater part of these had
pnly one means of .egress-that OF leap
ing from windows. Hayes was fatally
hurt in jumping from an upper win
low.
The Brown house was the oldest
hotel in the city and was located close
10 the center OF the business district.
l,ho d. p,as frop, tho Nuoodap ctruntura
spreading to adjoining buildings, burn
ing practically half of the block from
Plum street to Poplar street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
WEDDING ON LAWN.
Montpelier Girl the Bride of Rochester
N. Y, Man.

On the lawn of the brides home in
Montpelier occurred the marriage last
evening of Miss Lottie Gould. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Abrsm Gould. TO
Hyman Carr, formerly of Montpelier
and now located in Rochester. n. Y,
Rabbi FAKE of Burlington officiating,
and there were present about 200 peo-
pie
The bride wore gown Of white
canton crepe, with veil caught with
orange blossoms The bridesmaid was
Miss Lena Perleman Of Burlington
who wore white organdie. The couple
were attended by Mr.. and Mrs. Abram
Gould. Mr.. and Mrs, Carr and Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Gould
The bride is a graduate of Montpel
Ter high school and has been employed
in the Montpelier telephone Office. The
groom is in the electrical business in
Rochester. in which city they win re
side Many beautiful presents were at
eeiped
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
Neither Henry Hatch Nor
the Pilot Was Much
Hurt
PLANE BROKE POLE
AND SMASHED FENCH
Spectators F~pected to
Find Bo : Men
Ki -

Randolph, Aug = Within "a hours
after it landei re Friday evening,
the aeroplane . Henry Hatch, which
ne recently q hased and which had
been delayet.- - some time in reaching
here for various reasons, was a mass
of wreckage, with much doubt in the
minds of those who say it after its ac-
cident as TO whether it can ever be re
paired. Neither Mr. Hatch nor the pilot
was injured except for scratches about
| the face.
The landing place for this plane had
been established at the Manchester
field and on Saturday afternoon large
number of people gathered at the spot
to see the machine and watch its oper-
ations. The afternoon was somewhat
showery and at times the wind was
extremely strong. so that it was
poor day for flying, but along in the
middle of the afternoon a flight was
made, the plane landing in cornfeld,
instead Of on the proper landing
place. After it had extricated Itself
from there, another flight was at
tempted, but from the time that the
plane left the ground onlookers noted
that it did not seem to be acting nor
mally, as it rose to only a low height
and dipped frequently toward the
earth. Finally to those gathered at
the field it appeared to dip into ra-
vine between the hills and did not ap-
pear at once, and soon a terrific crash
that resounded so that it was heard
for a long distance, gave notice to the
crowd that an accident had occurred,
presumably very serious, and supposed.
ly fatal to the occupants of the ma
chine.
Motorists left the landing field for
the place OF the accident which had oc-
CURED near the L. H. Mason, or d. r.
Morse, farm on the so-called "Sand
hill' road, toward peth, prepared to
view almost anything in the line of
fatality, but found the two young men
sitting on a bank, viewing the re-
mains of the plane, but themselves
only scratched slightly about the face
How near Mr.. Hatch, at least, came to
instant death was shown when it was
learned that sharp stick had been
driven past his head, estimated 10
have come within three inches of his
neck as it was driven out of its place
in the machine.
The plane struck a telephone pole,
breaking it in two, then struck
fence, tearing it down and finally bur
led its nose in a bank. Nothing but
fragments remained of the aeroplane
md the young men were inclined TO
cave it where it fell until the arrival
If a third party from out of town to
determine if there was anything OF
'alue left.
The cause of the accident is not fully
Known. Some who looked the matter
lp later determined that in their es-
imation the engine did not carry
nough power to be satisfactory in
hat kind of machine among the hills
f Vermont, that il needed a longer
place than was afforded or
n engine that had power to make a
Getaway quicker from the ground. The
ilot is said to have ascribed the ac-
ident TO air pockets which he en-
in the starting of the flight.
Considerable Randolph money was
ivested in the machine. which may or
lay not be a total loss to the inves-
lrs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
U. S. Shipping Board Sac
rified Heavily to Get
Rid of Burden
BETTER THAN TO ROT
AT ANCHORAGE
According to Vice Chair
man O'Connor of
the Board

Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.--Thc
shipping board to-day was in a fair
way of getting rid of the major por-
tion of its white elephant" war
time constructed wooden ships.
Official announcement by the board
contained the information that bids
submitted by the Ship Construction
and Trading corporation of New York
of S2l00 each for 205 of the 2s5 wood
en- craft had been accepted. The an
nouncement added that the deal had
been closed except for the filing of
bonds by the New York company and
the signature of contract by the board,
expected tomorrow.
Vice Chairman O'Connor of the
board, commenting to-day on the sale,
said the price was exceedingly low in
view of the cost Of the 2s5 vessels
recently estimated by Chairman Las
ker at $230,0o0,0OO Mr.. O'Connor
pointed out that the board had long
sought to sell the wooden ships and
said that the alternative TO sale at
low pfce was allowing the boats to
rot at anchor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
CLAIMS HIS FATHER
VAS OF UNSOUND MIND
Albert Tatro Tries to Break Will Of
Alexander Tatro Who Left Resi-
idue to DR.. Louis r. Russlow.

Chelsea, Aug 22.-The trial of the
case entitled in re Alexander Tatro's
will, DIR. Lohis A. Russlow proponent
and Albert Tatro, contestant, which
was started at the opening of the ad-
journed session of the June term OF
Orange county court last Monday, was
being finished to-day.
The claim of the contestant is that
his father, the testator, was not of
sound mind and disposing memory at
the time and he made his will on July
10, 1920, and that undue influence was
used by reason of which, after making
bequeathed the residue of his estate
to Dr. Russlow, the proponent Both of
these claims were vigorously denied
by witnesses for the proponent, and
no less than six lawyers and three
doctors testified that the aged tes-
tator was of sound mind and dispos-
ing memory when he executed the
will The contestant is the only living
child of the testator, who died last
January at the age of 90 years.
The taking of the testimony oecu
pied the attention of the court until
morning and two arguments
We're made by counsel when the court
took its week end recess Saturday
noon. The case will doubtless 90 to
the jury tonight. John c. Sherburne
and Raymond Trainor are counsel for
the proponent and Charles Batchelder
and David S. Conant are counsel for
the contestant.
There is one more civil case which
stands for trial by jury and it is ex-
pected that several informations will
be presented by States Attorney Mill
ward G. Taft and, with other court
sases to be disposed Of the present
-erm may not finish until Sept. |.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

John Stewart has returned TO the
city after a weeks outing at Groton
pond.
Alex Small leaves to-day for his
home in Springfield, Mass. after a
three or four days business visit in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Amedie and
daughter, Mary Amedie. and Joseph
Bosley Of Burlington spent Sunday
with friends in Websterville.
The marriage of Miss Ruth X Rob-
inson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. r. G.
Robinson Of ) Academy street, and
John s. Cooley of Cambridge, Mass,
will take place az the Greensboro Con-
gregational church thursday of this
-, ek, follsNsi y iNoeption at tle
slmmer hsati IF the hr.de's parents.
While William Lefebre. an employe
Of the Harris garage in Montpelier.
was attempting TO crank up his auto
mobile between Barre and Montpelier
last evening a street car came along
and sideswiped the machine William
Lawson was motorman Of the car and
he apparently thought there was space
enough for the street car to pass. which
proved to be a wrong calculation as the
trolley ripped the mudguard on the
right side Of the automobile and
scraPed the body.
To make room in their store for a
row Of shelves around the wall for dis
play. the proprietors Of the b. w.
Hooker a Co. furniture store have con-
eived Of an original idea in getting
nd Of the overstock. which consists
u about three hundred pieces of in
.ide house furnishings. Instead Of Of
'erinc the goods for sale at a differ
mt pricr. the public has the oppor-
unity of setting their own prise
omewhat in the manner ~ an auction
ale In this way there viii be some
.oods on which there uil ie e num-
.er Of bids and the article goes % the
ne who 40 the end of tie weck has
"a the highest On other artic,cs
herr mas ~ oulF one hid. wIth rae
81 making a better bargain
hau would have been the case had
- ro1ds heen offered for discount
ale. This say q selling is ~ IN
arr.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
CRASHES ON THE ROAD
Were Numerous But None of Serious
Nature.

There were the usual large number
of automobile accidents for Monday
reported TO The secretary Of state this
morning. Harry L. Spear of Clarendon
reported that his car hit team. Fred
erica LaCoille of Mortified reported
that a light on another machine blind
ed her so that she hit another rig. Ira
Jenkins of Swanton reported that he
ran into team because there was no
taillight on the team. A. l.. Luderick
of Tulsa, Okla. reported that his car
hit team in Swanton, that it was a
bad piece of road and that man
named Therren suffered broken
shoulder J, w. Hatch, principal of
Montpelier seminary, writing from
Richford. asked for an accident blank,
A. b. Cooke of Poultney reported that
his car hit team driven by a man
named Hughes, owing to Hughes
swinging his team TO the left hand
side of the road. r. r. GillaEder of
Webstervilie made report of mi
nor accident, while r c. Holmes re.
ported that his car and ll-304 came
together.
Charles Pierce, inspector in the auto
mobile department. took into court to-
day at Hardwick Glenn Smith of that
town, charged with operating car on
temporary number plates several days
after the time limit had expired. some
80 days in fact, according to the re-
port.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
4. f. OF L. EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL MEETS
To Act Upon Unemployment and 9th
er Matters Gompers Issues
Statement.

Atlantic City, n. j., Aug. 22.-The
executive council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, opened a weeks ses-
sion here to-day to act upon unem
ployment and other matters referred
to it by the national convention.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
organization, was quoted last night as
declaring that the federation would
fight ito its utmost reductions in
wages. adding;
Everyone knows that the cost Of
living has been lowered but little"
we are going 10 settle labor prob
lens amieably where we can and
where we cannot settle them smicably
we are ready TO fight Mr.. Gompers
was quoted as saving.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
POWERFUL DREDCES
FISHING FOR AUTOS
New York Police Believe They Have
Discovered Graveyard" of Old
Machines.

New York. Aug. 22.-Powerful
dredges to-day began an exploration
of the East river off the foot of Tiff
fany street, where police believe they
have located a well-fiIled graveyard" Of
stolen automobiles. One machine was
recovered by a police boat yesterday
after several hours of graphing, and
the police located numerous other OBJ
jects which they believe are sub
merged automobiles.
Many of the sunken automobiles,
the police believe we're run into the
river by owners\who wanted to collect
on insurance policies, valuing their
cars at wartime rates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
MEAT COMING FAST.
sut President of National Livestock
Exchange Expects Loss.

Chicago. Aug. 22-Records of five
ailrosds showed that 10000 head of
attle, $1,000 hogs and $4,000 sheep
rere due here to-day, despite the ap-
zeal of Everett c. Brown, president of
he National Livestock exchange. to
iold OF shipping.
The appeal to retard shipping until
.ongested market conditions are re-
ieved. was expected 20 be felt to a
reater extent later in the week, how
wer, according to Mr.. Brown. He as
nrted the buyers strike against
neat dealers would not break until re-
ailers give their customers the benefit
# reduced wholesale prices which then
Eould tend to clear up glutted market
ambitions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-22
BRITISH ACCEPTANCE
WAS RECEIVED TO-DAY
Was Transmitted by Ambassador Har-
vey as Delivered from Lord
Curzon.

Washington, ID. C., Aug. 22-Formal
acceptance by the British government
Of the invitation TO participate in the
Washington conference on limitation
Of armament and far eastern aues.
tiOns was received to-day by Secre.
tary Hughes. The note of acceptance
was transmitted by Ambassador Har.
vey and was delivered TO him by Lord
Curzon, the British foreign minister.