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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-08
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Y ord has been received of
the serious illness of Mrs z L .
Lanpher, who moved from this
place to Rumney, n L, about
two years ago.
Miss Doris Foster, who has
been the past summer, one OF.
unit of ten girls employed as
farmettes in Jay, N 7, came
last Thursday to spend ,wo'
weeks at her home here, before
returning to the j V N.
Miss Ruth Cox has returned
to her home in St Johnsbury,
after spending several weeks
at her sisters. Mrs Owen
Reilly's.
Miss Kathleen Foster left
Monday morning for Wells
River, where she has position
as teacher in the high school.
Mr. and Mrs A w Bosworth
returned Friday from a two
weeks vacation spent in St
Loui and other points.
Mr. and Mrs Goodsell Of
HaverilI, Mass, are the guests
of their daughter, Mrs George
CargiIl.
MIS- Ben Williams and daug-
liter, of Morgan, spent part
o. last week with her cousin,
Mrs E E Blake.
Rev and Mrs Robert Lawton
accompanied by Madame Law
ton, were in town calling on
their many friends last week.
Martha Davis returned TO
Newport this week.
d A and C D Boardway, ac-
companied by Mrs Boardway
and mother, Mrs Gilley. motor
ed Tuesday to Plymouth. where
they will spend the remainder
Of the week.
Miss Augustine Bcrthiaume
o 81 Hyacinthe, is visiting her
cousin, Josephine Lacro,x.
A good number from this
Town attended the Barton Fair
this week.
Copies Of this weeks Herald
may be obtained at J w Thurs
! t0u'@-
Tra 7 R Gil1a1lar was in
Groyeton last week to attend
the funeral of her uncle, Mr..
&!d2ich Cole.
Sherwood Smith, 8 year old
son Of Mr. and Mrs Archie
, Smith on Derby street, was
badly cut on the head Monday
while attempting to run across
Cne street IN front of a bicycle.
l. Mrs Fred Wells and two
= sons returned Saturday from
| s. Adams and vicinity, where
they spent two weeks with her
| parents. Mr. Wells accompy-
ing them while visiting his
} parents before they returned
home.
t. Miss Glynn Mckenzie, who
has been spending a two weeks
t vacation with her parents, -Ir
and Mrs D P Mckenzie, return,
ed Monday to Cambridge, Mass
Mrs Flora Currier is visiting
: friends in CLEANS.
Gerald Fa1r has purchased
: o. Fred Paquette a Ford car.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-08

The Fire Company were call
ed out Friday noon for a small
fire at the house on North st.
occupied by Mr. Barrette, when
an oil stove exploded, which by
prompt attention, was soon
extinguished.
Mrs Evelyn Tolland and two
daughters, went Tuesday 20
Portland for few days visit
with relatives.
Mrs Adrian Cheney Of West
Burke was in town Thursday.
Mrs Z H Graham and daugh
ter, Doris, of Brunswick, are
the guests of her sister, MIS-
Kate Smith, for two weeks.
Mrs Wayne Cole and little
daughter, Edith, of Gilman, vt.
are guests of Mrs Coles sister,
Louisa and Rebecca Strathern.
Mr. and Mrs Thos Paquette
left Thursday for New York,
accompanied by Harry Denni-
son, Of Boston, who has been
their guest for the past two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs C J Deslande~5
returned Wednesday from Oak
Bluffs, Mass, an island eight
miles off the coast Of this state.
They spent a week there with
Mrs Deslander's sister, Mrs C.
D. Osborne.
Henry Danforth and wife
have moved from the Goulet
block on Derby street, to a ten
ement in the H B Farmer house
on Railroad street, recently
purchased by Bert Wallace.
Mrs Bessie Currier and
daughter, Marion, who have
been i'll, caused by ivy poisining
wher berrying, while away on
q visit, are now able to beout.
Mr. and Mrs John Gerrish.
Hortense and Maxine Mackey
of Auburn, Me-, spent the week
end visiting at J w Skillens
and DR. Sargents.
The Rev Norman Snow, who
was formerly located In Ran
dolph, VT, has arrived in town
with his wife and child, and are
now occupying the Rectory on
Birch Point.
Miss Alice Strathern, who
has spent the summer with her
sisters, returned Monday to her
school in Barre, where she is a
teacher.
Mr. and Mrs Alton Needham,
who have been located at
Rouses Point, N Y, have moved
to Island Pond and occupy
their house on Mountain street
Mrs Ava Wood and two child
rem are with them for a short
I time. q.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-08
y the oeraId Isle"

Why the aeraId Isle"
Because Of tn .rhness Of It's YER
/ ure, the term ~g first used by DIR.
William Drenna' @ author of "Glen-
Idalloch' and OF poems published
in the latter . Of the eighteenth
century.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-08

Mr. Curtis II No e. of Boz
ten, Mass, was in town for =
few days this week.
Mr. and Mrs John B Reeve CT
Richmond, Que, spent Wednes-
day and Thursday of this week
in town.
Mr. A e MERIT. General Sec
rotary, returned Monday from
his vacation. Mr. Merritt re-
ports q fine time, glorious
weather. great fishing. Mrs
Merritt is snonIirr q lew more
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-08

WILL BE AT MY OFFICE
at Y NJ c A., Island Pond, on
the following dates: Sept. y
for enc week. DR.. Edwin I.
Heininger, Surgeon Dentist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-09-08

days before returning home.
Mr. VIM B Dennis of Sher--
brook, Que. is visiting his bro
ther. Mr. P M Dennis.
Mrs Frank Sheridan and son
Kenneth, of Bousman, Manito-
ba, spent q few days recently,
with Mr. and Mrs V C Tenney.
Geneva and Eugene Roby,
Thelma Dickson, Mabel and
Esther Osborne, have been
camping this week on Blue
berry Point.
Mr. Preston Moultrop injur-
ed his foot while at work Tues
day morning, August 30th., by
striking an Ak thru his foot.
He was overtaken by R B Davis
and rushed to the Office of DR..
Sargent, where he was treated.
He was suffering considerably
from the lost of blood, but i5
now on his way to recovery.
The Ladies Auxiliary will
meet with Mrs Charles Bresett
Tuesday, P NJ, SEPTEMBER 10.
Arthur Graves, Attorney, of
st Johnsbury, was in town on
business Monday.
Judge Brewer was in town
Monday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25
sxroFsYs.

Ribcardo. wealthy widower, is at AK
Les-aines. There he meets wetherrnill.
who is lucky at gambling. n Made
moiseilet Celie, who 9 not So lucky.
known for her wealth and Jewels.
Madame Douvray Is found murdered
IN her villa, and her maid, Helen Va!
a%'ss, s;.c shlero MnG A Han an x,f ia
ton assists the police in handling the
case. Celie is not to be found when the
murder Is, discovered. but footprints OUT
side Of the house are believed to be
hers: .seryetsz; chauffeur who was
was committed, tells that Celie told
him to ask for a holiday on that day,
and herself arranged 1t.
Helene Vaquier tells Of s~piritualistic
Rose, n claims that she exerted great
influence over Madame Douvray, who
was superstitious
The jewels Of Madame Dauvray. for
which 1t is believed the murder was
cache under the floor. Nothing Is MISC
ing save a few jewels she was wearing.
The maid, Helene Vaquier, Is permitted
to leave the illa Rose and e to The
home OF friends.
had hoped to obtain a clue to the real
perpetrator of the crime, Is murdered
while on her way to tell her story. As
a result, however, of q letter which she
leaves, the chase leads to Geneva, and
~ VILLA, where Hanaud believes another
murder may be committed II prompt
measures are not taken.
At the villa they find an old q
keeping watch over Ce1ie who Is held "a
With Celie. Hanaud and Ricardo leave
for AK, 81
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25
OF COURSE IT RAINS.

The number Of people in a community who are
certain that It always rains on the Fourth of Tu1y is
probably exceeded BY the number who are sure that
- always rains on the fair for the reason that be-
cause there are more fair days than Fourths Of July
the chances are just that much greater. According
sto the law Of probabilities it is quite likely to rain
some time during fair week, Just as it is quite likely.
.to rain. at some time in any other week in the sum-
lners We have weeks in summesr in which no rain.
iallsssat 4 gwen place, but those weeks are rare. We.
have not the statistics at hand to show just how
many rainy days there are in a summer at Grand,
Forks, but rain must certainly fall on an average On
more than one day out Of seven.
With the mathematical hazard Of rain At some
period during the week fairs have been held III
many years AT Grand Forks Quite often there
laid the dust, but on only two 81. three OCCASIONS has
there been rain enough Is interfere materially With
HE fairs
The good fortune which has attended the f;ra,d
Forks fairs in the matter Oh weather Is sometime,
which cannot be governed by enterprise. INDUSTRY
aof attention Its the oiIe thing about tie fair tflat
may BIZ considered q matter If purc luck and for
which NY ought to bes md ssfs, truly thankfuIE
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25
Ricardo clenched his hands.

Ricardo clenched his hands.
but that's horrible!'' he cried: and
as he uttered the words the car
sweryed into the drive and stopped
before the door of the Hotel Males
tic.
Ricardo sprang out. A feeling OF
.remorse seized hold of him. All
through that evening he had not
given one thought to, Harry Weth-
ermill, SO utterly had the excitement
of each moment engrossed his mind.
HE will be glad to know!" cried
Ricardo. Tonight, at all events. he
shall sleep. / ought to have tele-
graphed to him from Geneva that we
and Miss Celia were coming back"
He ran up the steps into the hotel.
q II took care that he should know
said Hanaud, as he followed in Ri
cardo's steps.
Then the message could not have
reached him, else he would have been
expecting u.s." replied. Ricardo, as he
hurried into the office, where a clerk
sat at his books.
'"Is MI. Wethermill in? he asked.
The clerk eyed him strangely.
"Mr. Wethermill was arrested this
evening"" he said. H
Ricardo stepped back.
Arrested! When?"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25
RUSSIAN CONTRACTS.

Max Schallman, representing himself as an
agent for the Russian Soviet government, is in jail
in Chicago on the charge of violation of the espion-
age act in that he represented himself falsely to be
the agent Of a foreign government, and that he made
contracts in the name of a foreign government with
out first registering with the secretary OF state.
There is likely to be a good deal of fraud of the
sort with which Schallman is charged. The, condi-
lions surrounding Russia are just such as will aP-
peal to many American business men who are at
tracted by the prospect of large profits and are will
ing to. take a chance
Russia is a long way off in the matter of miles,
and still more remote in the matter of understand
ing. The masses are destitute, but the rulers have
command of considerable sums of money. They
have seized money and property of every descrip-
ton. Doubtless the boards which they have ac-
cumulated have been greatly exaggerated. A good
deal of credence has been given to stories of vaults
with which the Soviet authorities intend to finance
an immense import trade.
However wild the stories are, they cannot easily
be disproven, and the manufacturer before whom
this alleged wealth is dangled as the price of fat
contracts is likely to be impressed. Schallman has
impressed a good many. He appears to have award
ed contracts for something like half a billion dollars,
and, incidentally, he has been living off the coun-
try. 1t is quite natural that an agent in this coun-
try of the Soviet government should be able to pre-
sent plausible reasons for being temporarily en-
ed. Communication with his capital is difficult.
Ren1ittances have been delayed. Banking relations
have not been established. Therefore a small ad-
vance would be acceptable. And who, with a million
dollar contract under way, would split hairs over all
advance of a few thousand? :
Schallman is in Jail, and several quite important
business people seem to have scorched their fingers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25
NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE.

Chairman Fordney, of the house ways and
means committee, thinks there is little prospect of
an increase in personal income tax exemptions, al
though he says that If new sources of revenue are
to Offset the losses resulting from the prospective
abolition of excess profits taxes, some attention. may
be paid to the exemption feature.
The excess profits tax has yielded some reve-
nue, but the amount of that revenue is steadily and
rapidly diminishing. By all students of the subject
this tax is recognized as Objectionable on many
grounds. While it produces some revenue it. in
ficts on the country at large injuries many times as
great as the value of the revenues which it yields.
1t is self-destructive, and it is a dead weight on
legitimate enterprise
some income. and if it is abolished that revenue
must be derived from some other source. Mr..
Fordney, being a practical man, knows that the in
ventlon of a new form of taxation does not add ANY,
thing to the wealth of the country. There are 9TH
es more or less closely identified with taxation who
do not seem to have learned this. There is a con-
slant search for new sources Of revenue" in which
men engage with a fervor equal to that displayed BY
knights OF old in their quest for the Holy Grail. The
man. who finds a bit Of property or a form OF enter
prise which is not specifically enumerated in the tax
lists is as tickled as is the prospector who stumbles
on a pocket full of gold nuggets.
We have our general property tax, in which all
property is supposed to be included. Then we item
1ze property, and, on one pretext or another, tax as
many OF the separate items as possible. After FIN
inf! !ng 2 man tor owning property we proceed to penal
lze him for using it, levying license fees of one sort
and another until it becomes costly merely to be on
earth.
No matter how we levy our taxes, there are lust
SO many people to pay them. And the money with
which they are paid must come in every case out of
constructive industry. We may shift the initial
burden a lttle-sometimes a great deal-but in the
long run It is Jones who pays the freight. The
more directly he can pay it, and the less red tape
there IS about its collection, the better it is for ZONES.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25
XIV.
Mr.. ricardo IL Bewildered.

MI. fHlCaTuO 10 15GVllUcIcl. q
Ricardo passedAa most ternpestuouss
night. He was tossed among dark
problems. Now It was Harry Wether-
mill who beset him. Hesrepeated and
repeated the name, trying II grasrs
the new and sinister suggestion which,
IL Hanand were right. Its sound must
henceforth bear. ~.
OF course Hanaud might be wrong
Only, If he were wrong, how had he
come to suspect Harry Wethkamill? Il
What had first directed his thoughts
to that seemingly heartbroken man?
And when ? Certain ~recollections beSS5
came vivid in Mr.. Ricardo's mind-s3
the luncheon at the Villa Rose, for
instance. D \
Hanaud had been SO insistent that
the woman with the red hair was to-
be found in Geneva, had so e,earlyl
laid it down. that a message, a tele.
gram, a letter from AK to Geneva
would enable him to lay his S2anjs3
upon the murderer In Ak.
He was ~isolating the house n,
Geneva ven SO early in the history
of his Investigations, ever so soon hei
suspected Harry Wethermill. Brains
and audacity-yes. these two qualities;
he had stipulated in the criminal. /
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25

An investigator in Chicago declares that caba--
N that city are being conducted in violation sof
the law and with the conniyance Of the authorities
who are said to receive pay Tor protection. Some
thing Of this sort hassbeen strongly suspected for
SONG time Yet Mayor Thompson IS. the man who
promised ~ clean iup Chicago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25

sAt TWENTY-FIVE ntnntes past ten
replied the clerk shortly F..s ]
/. said Hanaud quietly That
was nv telephone messagessssE
Ricardo stared in stupefaction at
his companion. ..
ARRESTED" ~ cried. .Arrestedl
But what fpr?' |
. "For the murders of Marthe Goblin
and Nine. Dauyray," said Hanauds
aaGood-night." s8 N A j I
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25

In connection with the disarmament conference
Japan is inclined to make reservations on an those
which she prefers5to have considercds set
tied on the existing basis.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-25

# the government Of North Dakota were con.
Quoted on q sane and orderly basis the bonds dof TIL
state would sell like hot cakes, without the assist
lance Of brass bands or blackinail.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
In Wall Street

The ways and means committee Of
the Stock Exchange yesterday began a
series of conferences, with the object
of improving transactions in odd lots
Forty representatives Of odd-lot houses
were present at the initial meeting, and
it was said by governor of the ex-
change that they will confer in the fu-
ture from time to time, as occasion
may demand. Whether justly or not
the method of handling odd lots has
been criticized by the trading public
almost from the inception Of this phase
of the business Of the Stock Exchange
Under present conditions the public
when buying block Of stock Of less
than 100 shares, is charged quarter
more than the price for 100 share units
Formerly the commission was an
eighth. Whether the subject of COM
mission will be taken up by the ways
and means committee was not disclosed
Yesterday,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
U. S. Food Products

George Q. Palmer, president Of the
U. S. Food Products Company, stated
at the annual meeting of stockholders
yesterday, that earnings have improved
since the first of the year and future
prospects are bright. He said that the
Liberty Yeast Company, subsidiary,
which last year lost about S7o0,O00, is
now operating at profit and that the
preserve and molasses branches of the
business are also doing better. Mr..
Palmer told stockholders that U. S.
Food Products has no plans for long
term financing. Bank loans have been
reduced from $6,000,000 at the end of
1920 to $4,5O0,0o0, which do not fall
due until June Ia. The company an
ticipates no difficulty in meeting this
maturity, according to Mr.. Palmer. The
company has 10000 barrels of whisky
in foreign countries, which is being
withdrawn under permit from the gov
ernment to be sold here for medicinal
use
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Soldiers Bonus Bonds

To date an aggregate Of S370,0000 900
of soldiers bonus" bond issues have
been authorized ky twenty states of
the Union, of which $36,000,O0O have
already been marketed. New York
State has authorized $45, 100000, Illi-
nois $55,000,00o, Pennsylvania $35 ,O00,-
600, Ohio s25,ooo,o00, Kansas S25, ,0o0,-
s2o,ooo,oo0, Iowa s22 100000, California
$1S,000,000, Minnesota $20,000,000, New
Jersey $17,000,0o0 and Washington
SIS, ,O0O, 900.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Reorganization Expected

Reorganization Of Robert H. Inger-
soil & Brother, Inc, is expected short
ly when the present joint stock asso-
citation will be converted into a cor
poration. A committee was recently
formed to represent the various classes
OF creditors of the company and gather
together the outstanding commercial
paper. The committee, it was learned
yesterday, has obtained to date about
~ per cent of the paper and expects
to complete this part Of it's task in
about ten days, when a plan of reor-
ganization is likely to be formulated
At that time it will be determined
what will be done in the way OF new
financing to fund present obligations
and provide additional working capital
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Peoples Gas Dividend OutIook

Samuel insult, president Of the Peo-
ple's Gas Company, was quoted in a
Chicago dispatch yesterday as denying
reports of an immediate dividend re-
sumption on the stock. The dispatch
said further: "The company is engaged
in paying off, from month to month,
large floating debt accumulated dur
ing period Of excessive operating
costs and low selling price in bringing
the property up to proper standard. 1t
will be late this fall before the ques-
ton of dividends can be considered by
directors, and if action is taken then
the dividend will probably be small at
the start and will be on a quarterly
basis"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19

Passing Of the Republic Iron and
Steel common dividend yesterday
had been thought for several weeks
past that this action would be taken.
The stock has been discounting omis-
sion of the current quarterly distri5u-
tion for several weeks past, and the
fact that the closing price was un-
changed from the previous day fur
nished another illustration of how com
ing events usually are anticipated on
the Stock Exchange. Immediately fcl-
lowing the announcement of Chairman
Topping there was dip to 563s, a new
low for the year, but the later recovery
was sufficient to Offset tbs earlier de-
cline.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19

Continued pressure against the Lib
erty Loan 31a per cent bonds, the tax
exempt issue, forced the price lower
again yesterday. Other Liberty issues
were generally firm. Investment ex-
perts attribute the heaviness of the
1as to the fact that an impending re-
vision of Federal taxes is expected to
make this issue less attractive to in
dividuals of large income. Up to this
time the chief support in the market
for the 31as has come from persons
who bought them to avoid paying the
heavy surtaxes.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Trust Company Merger OF

ANNOUNCEMENT was made yesterday
that the proposed merger of the Metro
politan Trust Company and the United
States Mortgage and Trust Company is
off. A formal statement was issued on
behalf of the Metropolitan Trust to
the effect that it has withdrawn from
the negotiations. The report that the
two institutions were to be consoli-
dated gained circulation about month
ago, but officials of neither trust COM
pany would confirm it. At that time it
was said that the United States Mort
gage would absorb the Metropolitan.
Il is understood that the negotiations
were broken off because of inability to
arrive at a mutually satisfactory basis
of exchange.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Phone Operating Income Up

Operating income OF the sixty-eigeg .,
telephone companies for Feprnas4s y
amounted to $685., 800, compared y
S7.49s,107 in January and ST 7,SSs,o42 -
February, 1920, according TO the inss,
state Commerce Commission. Opeis.
ing income for the two montas anloeoii;y aol;r
ed to $685., ,966, against St5 ,S45'i7o "a =,
the corresponding period Of the pi'
ceding year.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19

The spring semi-annnal meeting OF
the American Iron and Steel Institute
is scheduled to be held on May 27 and
already the Street is beginning to
figure on what will be the nature OF
Judge Gary's address. Brokers who
are inclined to take pessimistic view
OF the immediate business outlook
argue that Judge Gary may intimate
that further price reductions will be in
order to induce new buying. Cambria
Steel has already taken the lead in put
ting into effect further wage cuts ane
it is believed that this will be followed
later by another price reduction.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Stock Exchange Listings

Tbs New York Stock Exchange has
admitted to list the following: 7o3,631
shares Marland Oil Company, capital
stock, S4,0o0,000 ten-year per cent
sinking fund participating gold coupon
bonds. series A, maturing April /, 1881,
and s1s,s50,0OO British Empire Steel
Corporation, Ltd, cumulative Z per
cent preference stock, series B, $780,
$4,000 cumulative per cent prefer
ence stock, s21,474, 900 common stock.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
NORWAY Rorrows in London

The government Of Norway, which
borrowed in this market last year, is
arranging a new loan in London Of
s4,000,000, formal Offering of which s
expected before the end of the week
The proceeds are expected to be used
in making payment for ships purchased
in Great Britain for Norwegian account.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
london Metal Market

LONDON, May 1s.-Standard eoppsssi' -
spot, STA lis Cd; futures, sfS l. eSS "a
Electrolysie, spot, SIS; futures, IS 70 y
Tin, spot, $3.50 It's Sd; futures, SlaS .ss Is 8.
Lead. spot, 223 I7s Cd; futgras, 80 .ss ~
ed. Zinc, spot, 327 IFS sie; 1assasss