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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-16

BEANS, choice white
hand picked Michigan
navies,
5 pounds for 27G
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-16

EGGS, strictly fresh
country eggs Zone doz-
en- in carton) .25G
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-16

PILLoWcAsEs, size AK
So inches, special finish,
deep hem (limit 10 to a
Customer; extra IN.
special, each. .......4 SC
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-16

cREToNNES, yard wide,
floral and Persian designs,
for furniture slips, drap-
cries, etc.; 25c TE
quality. .............AJI
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-16

GINGER ALE, Wau-
kesha Almanaris bot
tied at the springs,
clear and sparkling,
large 24-ounce bottle
(dOzen, $3.50,
bottle ............2 7G
Fifth floor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
MUD HOLDING UP
HARDING CRUISE
Houseboat Victoria Can Make But Slow
Progress and Has to Tie UP
at Night.

Palm Beach, Fla, Feb. 4.-Unless
President elect Hardings houseboat
Victoria can shake the iinx which has
followed her since she left Miami
Wednesday morning her company prob.
ably will be transferred to faster
conveyance ashore in order to get back
to st. Augustine on schedule time.
When she began her third days sail
ing to-day the Victoria had lost full
dav because Of troubles with mud fats
along her course in the Indian river.
During the night she was at anchor 10
miles below Palm Beach and much of
the day the president elect and his par
ty had promised to spend ashore here
playing golf and calling on friends The
houseboat cannot run at night and il
will require good luck and uninterrupt-
ed sailing during the daylight hours of
the next two days 10 get back to 81.
Augustine by Sunday night, the time
limit set by Mr.. Harding for his vaea-
tion cruise.
During his stop here. the president.
elect arranged TO take lunch privately
and to keep away from the crowds
about the Palm Beach hotels.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
DRIFT TO CITY FROM FARM
Industrial Progress Results in Bring
ing Bright Boys and Girls.

In the past 80 or 40 years we have
credated. alomst out of nothing, great
industries in motor cars, electrical ap-
paratus, farm implements, accounting
machinery. chemicals. explosives, ma
chine tools, banking, insurance, adver-
tising. publishing. the moving picture
some of them have sprung into exist
ence- magieally between census and cen
sus. From less than 100000 people en-
gagged in factories in 1880 the number
|, has grown to more than 100000,
with the millions of other workers en-
gagged in transportation and trade con-
nected with factory products. Fac
tory workers to-day nearly equal or
NAV exceed farm workers.
But drift 10 the cities NAV easily
mean increased food production in more
and better tools for the farmer. Yes
terday a man earning SO a day. with
four horses worth $3.50 and a walking
plow worth S25, could plow two acres
4 dav If he hustled. To-day a man
earning $40 a day with a tractor out
At representing from $1,000 upwards
can turn over 20 to 30 acres day with
an eight bottom gang plow During
i5-dsy plowing season the man with
horse would cover 30 acres at a rough
cost Of s. an acre, while the tractor
ploWman would turn at least 80 acres
~ a cost of about - an acre.
Such an increase in capacity comes
| entirely ont Of cities-the tractor, gang
plow. fuel. the increased kill q the
plowman and TIE inventive ideas be-
hind hi. power equipment; the very
capital that financed the Investment
and the educational work necessary TO
bring about change IN method. II any
BODY thinks that this sort ~ progress
esn ise secured without bringing the
bright hoys and giri- from country r.
rity and puFtinr premium on brains
h. should Worry about the natiCnl--
Saturday Evening f0st
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
MRS. EMMA C. HOLT
Died To-day, Following Shock Yes
terday Afternoon.

Mrs. Emma &. Holt, wife 0t he late
Fred L. Holt. passed away this morning
al the home Of her niece. Miss Alice
Blanchard. l03 Washington street, with
whom she had been living since yeai
ago last October Mrs Holt had been in
failing health since a period Of Illness
last spring. and yesterday afternoon
about ) O'Clock she suffered a shock,
from which she never rcgalned con
sciousness dying at $50 O'Clock this
morning.
The deceased was born in Paris. Me,
Sept. {. 1850 She came to Nermont
with her parents when she was about
eight wears old. Since then she has
made her home in Barre. South Barre,
Brookfeld and Mortified. She was
married over 80 years ago to Martini
Y. blanchard O. South Barre, who died
in that village in 1895 About y years
ago she was married for the second
time. this time To Fred l. Holt. IN
Barre. The couple went TO Northfcld,
where they lived for few yeals. and
then moved TO Brookfcld, where Mrs.
Holt attended her aged mother and
step-fathcr until their death. Mr.. and
Mrs Holt made their home in Brook
field until wear ago last October when
they took up their residence on Wash
ington street. where MIR Holt died the
first Of last April
Mrs Holt was very act o. member
az the Brookfcl> grange and. during
the war. very ardent worker for the
Red Cross. so ardent that Il j. prob
able her health became impaired. She
was an attendant Of the Universalist
church
Surviving their mother are two sons
and two step-daughters. Henry Blanch-
ard Of Birmingham, Ala. Roy Blaneh
ard Of South Barre, Mrs. Julia Blanch
ard thinner Of st. Louis. Mo-, and Miss
Alice blanchard Of Missoula. Mont. A
daughter. Mrs. Clarence Bartlett. died
in July. 1916 TheUe were other chill
drpn who died many wears ago.
The funeral will be held from her
late home on Washington street sun
dav morning az $3.50 o'clock. Rev. r.
q. Hokerk of the Universalist church
officiating. The burial VIII b. in East
BrooksRld. where Rev Mr.. Clark of
Brookfeld viii ofliciatc ai the grave
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
HUGE STRIKE
THREATENED
If Railroad Labor Board
Permits Abrogation of
Wage Agreement
UNION OFFICERS
CALLED TOGETHER
One Officer Said Propose
Is Part Of Open Shop
Fight

Chicago, Feb 4.-National officers of
railroad unions to-day were summoned
to Chicago as result of the controver'
sy before the railroad labor board over
the employers proposal to abrogate
the national agreements.
William Schoenberg of Chicago, or
ganizer for the Machinists' union, told
the federated trades council of Mil
waukee that general railroad strike
would take place within week if the
board permitted railroads to abrogate
wage contracts He declared that the
program Of the railroad executives was
part of the open shop fight against un'
ion labor
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
MILLION DOLLAR
HOTEL. FIRE LOSS
Augustus Bon Air Tourist
Hotel Was Destroyed
To-day
ALL THE 260 GUESTS
GET OUT SAFELY
Many of Them Had to Be
Carried to Places of
Safety

Augusta, Ga, Feb. 4.-The Bon Air,
Augusta's largest tourist hotel, was
destroyed by fire to-day. The loss is
estimated at Sl,000,000
None of the 260 guests was injured,
being awakened by a night clerk short
ly after the fire was discovered. Many
were carried to safety by the firemen'
In recent years the hotel has been
the winter home of William H. Taft,
John ID. Rockefeller, Nathan Straus
and many other notables. The build
ing was valued at about 100000 and
is understood to have been fully COW
cred by insurance.
The guests with such personal prop
erty as they were able to save, spent
the rest of the night at other hotels
or at homes in the winter colony,
Several guests who were i'll, we're ear
ried to hospitals.
A nearby hotel and a number Of res
licences were endangered but firemen
saved them.
A few of the guests in the Bon Air
saved their trunks, others brought out
suit cases. while many of them threw
their valuables out OF windows. Many
valuables were destroyed by the fire.
Judge and Mrs. Robert 5. Lovett OF
New York were among the guests.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

II. r. Bardan Of Wallingford was a
business visitor in town to-day
Fred Kempton Of South Main street
returned last night from Newton,
Mass, after attending the funeral OF
his mother
II. A. Lundy. the Depot square tail
or. returned this morning from five
weeks vacation, spent In New York
City
Mrs. Margaret stephens has arrived
in the city from St Louis, Mo. and is
ndw visiting with her daughter, Miss
Betty Stephens.
Peter Barclay arrived this morning
from Northheld. where he is attending
Norwich university. 10 visit for few
days at his home on Brook street
Mrs. Nelson Hamel Of Plainfeld, who
has been vIsiting for r couple Of days
with her daughter, Miss Winnifred
Hamel. returned to her home to-day.
Miss Beatrice Mckee returned last
night to Mortified, having been in
the city to attend the exhibit OF fancy
work in the Hedding Methodist churfh
yesterday.
Robert p. McGowdy. Arthur b. Nc
Mullen and J. L. flaming. all of Brigh-
ton. Mass. who were arrested IN Barre
early yesterday morning when a truck
CARRYING about 30 cases Of liquor was
seized. were taken before T. 5. Com
missioner 81. G. Shurtleff at Montpelier
to-day for the fixing Of bail
This evening beginning at 5 o'clock,
a team representing the third cavalry
will play the basketball team Of Barre
post. No. 10. American Legion in the
Spaulding gymnasium These teams
mef~lere about three weeks ago on the
same floor. Barre losing by a single
point "a to p Tonight the Legion
lineup will be much stronger than il
was in the first game.
Contrary To reports circulated yes
ierdav, Superintendent Of Schools Car
roll II. White this morning stated that
there were not FIVE children of the
fourth grade class in Mathewson school
IN with scarlet fever. Insofar a. Mr.
White has learned. there are bat four
children in the entire city IN with the
fever. four children of nearly 1000 at
tending the Barre city schools. These
cases are all quarantined and form
much lower percentage for scarlet fe-
yer illness than other municipalities in
the immediate vicinity.
John Shepard. 1915 graduate Of
Spaulding high school. now a junior az
the University of Vermont. Is one Of
the relay team n four runners who
viii represent Vermont in the r. A. A
games IN the Arena az Boston Satur-
day night The Vermont relay team
is 20 BE- matched against Colby and
Rhode Island state ID a triangular race.
Shepard j. a veteran u last wears
team and was awarded his letter for
track last spring Ancther figure 81 IN
terest for Barre peuFle Is Coach "DocT
AIowles Il the team, q former student
aud track man st Goddard. During the
war MoWles received e nasty wound IN
the knee with the result that be =
forced O. use = cane st all times At
present he is 9 sophomore at Nermcnt
iut s. has heeu active iu rsrching run-
ming barh years due 90 the knouledeee
De- possesses of the sP0rt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
For International Confer
ence to Discuss Dis
armament
PROBABLY SOON
AFTER INAUGURATION
Chairman Butler of House
Naval Committee Told
Of Purpose

Washington, d. c., Feb. Am in
ternational conference to discuss dis
armament will be called by the Unit
ed States Chairman Butler of the
House naval committee. said to-day
when the committee met to hear the
views of prominent naval officers on
the subject.
Chairman Butler did not say when
the call would be issued but from his
line of questioning of witnesses it was
assumed he thought the call would be
issued soon after the inauguration of
President elect Harding. Mr.. Butler
recently conferred with Mr.. Harding
at Marion.
= Rear Admiral William s. Sims was
the first witness examined BIZ the com
mittee. With Germany's power
crushed, he said. all nations could re-
duce their naval armaments by half
with safety. He added that he believed
the nations would welcome call for
a disarmament conference
Congress must determine national
policies before naval officers could
formulate naval plans, he said, and un-
til he knew what those policies were
he could not say whether the United
States could afford to have a navy sec
end to any other.
If the navy were maintained purely
for defensive purposes, he said, the
United States would be safe with a
navy half as large as that of any pos
sible enemy thousands of miles away.
III. however, the United States intended
TO RELY on its navy for carrying out
broad international policies, he said,
IT, sea power should be equal to that
of any other nation
Appearing with Admiral Sims were
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, re-
tired. and Admiral r. +. Coontz, chief
of naval operations; Rear Admirals
A. T. Long, Henry T. Mayo, w. l..
Rouers, Charles j. Badger and K. H..
Jackson, and Major General John A.
LeJeune. commandant of the marine
corps, all of the navy general board.
Admiral Sims said he agreed with
General Pershing that war with Great
Britain was "inconceivable" but added
that he would not abandon the navy
entirely under any conditions, even if
there were no enemy in sight.
You can't tell what viii come out
VI Europe he said Nobody is GO
ing to take his hand off his gun"
Specifically, he advised the commit
zee not to stop work on the 1916 build
ing program, particularly the battle
cruisers. He added that American sub
marines were inferior TO foreign built
craft and that America was extraordi-
nary behind in aviation development,
which should be corrected with stress
on building swift airplane carriers for
thc navy. He suggested that two of
the scout cruisers under construction
be altered for this purpose.
lie said he did not know whether air
craft had displaced battleships as air
craft advocates assert because he was
not sure that the airplane could do
what was claimed of it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
HAVERHILL POLICEMEN
MARKED UP BY WOMEN
When They Tried to Arrest one Wom-
an Who Was Alleged to Be
Jostling Strike
Breaker.

Haverhil, Mass, Feb. a. Ten police
men were counting scratches to-day as
result of battle last night with
crowd composed largely of women near
the Servetnick Shoe company factory,
where strike is in progress. Seven ar.
rests were made. The clash followed
the departure from the factory OF three
women who had been filling places OF
those who had quit. A crowd rushed
the police who had kept them away
from an automobile carrying the won
en-.
After one policeman had been jostled
ofF'the sidewalk he attempted to arrest
a woman in the throng, Other women
tried to free her Police on duty in the
vicinity charged the crowd and arrested
six more women They fought with
their captors all the way to the sta
tion house.
The prisoners were released on bail,
after being charged with disturbing the
peace.
An extra detail Of police was as
signed to duty this afternoon to the
plant of the d. and S. Servetnick com
pany Railroad square.
Six of the seven women pickets ar
rested last night az the result of a
melee, during which policemen and
women mixed in a free for all fight,
were arraigned in court this morning
charged with disturbing the peace.
Their cases were continued until to-
morrow morning, when three others,
arrested Tuesday morning, will be
tried. The seventh woman arrested
last night. Mrs Mary Sayick, is in
the hospital with a badly wrenehed leg
received during the trouble last night.
A strike has been in progress at the
plant for several weeks, following the
failure to reach agreement on new
price lists. Three women employees
refused to strike. and it is against
these that activities of the piekets are
directed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
RUM.RUNNING PLOT
PARTLY FRUSTRATED
Prohibition Agents Got AZ Cases of
High Grade Scotch Whiskey
at Somerville,
Mass

SomeryiIle. Mass. Feb. A rum
running plot was pastly frustrated to-
day when prohibition enforcement off
GERS under Director William ]. Nc
Carthy surprised the transfer of whis-
key from freight car in the Boston
& Maine railroad yards TO motor
truck. -Four men were arrested, includ-
ing Alec Chodes Of Montreal, a junk
dealer, and ~ cases of high grade
Scotch whisl1ey seized. The shipment,
which came from Montreal concealed in
bags Of bran, was said by the federal
officials to be one of three carloads, the
rest of which they were in hope of run
ming down also.
The federal agents said that when
they surprised the removal of the whis-
key Myer Levine was engaged in the
work of transfer. William ID. Stanton
was in charge of the mOtortruck and
Gregory Dumont, all of Boston, stand +
ing by with Chodes. All were charged
Win liiegdl transportation oi iiHuoi-
The freight ear, in which the liquor
was found, was backed on a siding be
side the plant of the Atlantic Salt COM
pany, operated by Samuel Cholfn
Police headquarters said that Cholfin
had been arrested and would have TO
explain why the car was on his com
pany'~ siding and what his connection
with the case was.
Officers from the prohibition agents
office had recovered 90 cases OF the liz
uor by noon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
DIED AT HOSPITAL.
Mrs. Henry Morrison OF Graniteville
Operated on for Adhesions.

Mrs Henry Morrison. who was
brought from her home in upper Gran
iteyille to the City hospital Tuesday
and had an operation yesterday noon
for adhesions Of the bowels, did this
morning. She had been sick for 10
weeks Mr. Morrison was born in Mil
ton - years ago.
Surviving are her husband. her moth
er. Mrs George Thompson. who made
her home with her; two sisters, Mrs
Michael Mclaughlin Of Granheville and
Mrs Robert Pingree Of Springfield.
Mass
The funeral will b. held SUNDAY aft
ernoon at the home. Rev W. T. Archi-
bald of the Graniteville Presbyterian
church officiating. and the body will be
placed in the vault at Elmwood GENE
tery, TO be Inferred next spring in one
of the Barre cemeteries.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
REJECTS PLAN
TO REMOVE TZNE-LOCK
FROM CONSTITUTION
HARTNESS WILL NOT
RE-APPOINT BATES
Although He Hopes to Keep the Pres
ent State Highway Commits
sioner in the Depart
ment

Governor Hartness intimated yester-
day afternoon while addressing the leg
islature that he did not intend to re-
appoint Stoddard B. Bates as state
highway commissioner This intima-
tion was given at the close of a brief
message in which the executive urged a
special appropriation of $4,000 for
publicity that would promote human
as we'll as natural resources and in
which he warned the legislators that,
in view of the present very serious de-
preston in business, it was their duty
to scan appropriations very sharply
and keep, if possible, within 20-cent
state tax.
In connection with the Bates mat
ter, Governor Hartness said:
Speaking of the human problem in
the highways, | will say that, second to
Governor Gates, know of no one with
a better knowledge of our conditions
than the present highway commission
er (applausel He knows his job; he
is faithful and great worker. He is
going over these hills when the most Of
us are asleep tapplause)."
Almost at once Governor Hartness
said:
"In my job at Springfield one of the
most difficult problems we had to deal
with was the man who causes friction
by continual criticism of his officers.
We had to make rule that no one
should be allowed to work a man out
of his job.
"On the engineering side one special
trait is absolutely essential. and that
is the power of coordination. 1t is
something that the finest men on earth
lack
Il have looked over the highway
work and talked with the commission
er. want to keep Stod Bates on the
pedestal he holds in your minds and
in mis- job. I want to 90 forward with
the same fine personnel, with Bates
knowledge and experience and with CO.
ordination.
Il have no axes to grind. but if there
is one thing ] know is when the CO.
ordinator's not on the job. and | know
he's not have made up my mind that
it is necessary to make a change mot
in Bates, he's too valuable in every
way-but with man at the head who
is capable of coordination"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
RIDIcULE DUBLIN REPORT.
That Electrically Controlled Projeetile
from Irish Sea Sunk Ks.

London, Feb. 4-Reports originating
in Dublin attributing the sinking Of
the submarine KS to a new electrical.
Uncontrolled proiectile from an Irish
sea craft, were ridiculed to-day by ad-
miralty officials as fantastic.
Numbers OF governments would like
to have a sea a-fighting contrivance va
pable Of the performance claimed for
thy Irish plane. said one official He
pointed out that the sinking had oc-
cured more than 100 miles off the Sell
ly Islands.
The admiralty says it has failed to
clear up the mystery Of the disaster.
The submarine sank Of Lands End two
weeks ago with all hands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
Senators Cady and Bryant,
the Chief Speakers in
Favor of Removing the
Time-lock, Found Little
Support - Senate Ad-
vances Lump Sum Sal
airy Bill.

After a long debate this morning.
the Vermont Senate refused, by vote
of % to 4, to propose to the House to
take off the time lock" to the stats
constitution so that amendments could
be proposed at any session Of the leg
islature instead of only once 10 10
in favor Of removing the time -lock y
were Bryant, Cady Chahee and elark
The Senate also showed along the
lump salary bill to a third reading.
but refused to suspend the rule, aud
pass it. Two other proposals of amend
ment to the constitution were on th.
Senate calendar this morning propo-
ais l5 and lG, but were not reached.
The House carried through long pro-
gram, mostly OF routine nature. thr.
only real interest centering ;ti,ou. ili
bill providing for election ,ui rtTr,
sentatives by plurality vote III. n
which was faeorably reported. ha.
which was opposed by Mr.. Cushman of
Rochester, Mr. Barber of Wilmington,
Mr. Walker Of Weston and othrr-
and the bill was killed
Senators Cady and Bryant led the
fghI for the removal OF the tins' hck
in the Senate Senator BRYANT called
attention to the fact that lt senator,
voted for the removal Of the time lock
in 1910. He said that the legal 'ra-
ternity were evidently in favor Of
keeping the time lock, and that in most
things he had the greatest respect t"r
the lawyers, but tlat when it came t"
matters of constitutional nature they
Immediately became Ike the Egyp-
tian sphinx and the Delphian oracle"
"To hear them talk. said Senator
Bryant, you would think that the
constitution should be like the ark OF
the covenant to be touched only by
the anointcd priests of the temple and
then only once in ten years. You would
think that the more ancient law
Is the more sacred it is; something
like lmburgcr cheese, the older il
grows the stronger it gets.
Senator Bryant was answered in the
same vein BY Senator Kingsley
Proposal No. Is, providing that state
officers should be elected every four
years instead of every two years. was
elected. the vote being one in favor
to . against. 4 similar vote was
cast on the proposal No. l6, providing
4 four wear term for senators, with
one half elected every two years. Sen-
ator villas. who introduced the pro-
posal. spoke in favor and was opposed
bv senator Williams
The senate yesterday afternoon
killed 5. ,32. providing for a 4s-hour
week for women and children, with
rine and one half hour day II was
defended by Senator Villas. who tried
to have the bill amended to 54 hours.
Senator Clark gf Windsor county said
the demand for the bin did not some
from the working women but from the
mon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-04
Londonderry, N. H, Town
Clerk and Treasurer Is
Still Missing
AUDIT OF BOOKS
is COMPLETED
Town Authorities Have
Planned No Action Up
to Present Time

Londonderry, n. H., Feb 4.-Elmer
+. Wheeler, missing town clerk and
town treasurer, is short $9,706.07 in his
accounts, according TO the audit of his
books completed last night by the Sc
lectmen and town auditors. Whether
disappeared two weeks ago with his
wife and baby daughter, and no trace
of him has yet been found. He is bond
ed for $1,000 by Boston company.
No action against Wheeler is planned
by the authorities at present.