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The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
MARKET TO ENTER
DIAMOND LISTS

The Convention Hall market men
VIII ho'n oaseos. meetlhe AT the
oficers. For games with the mar
keters phone or write George
simons. Convention Hall Market
Fifth and X streets northwest.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
Trinity. A. C. Challenges.

Of the 13-year-oid District title,
wish to arrange games with. the
Mount Rainier Yankees or the War
wick Juniors. Address ManSger
Mervin Dix at 5s2s o street north,
west. or phone West 1878,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27

salvation Army told Governor
Thomas Il. Kilby that 10000 persons
are near starvation in the coal fields
of northern Alabama.
A. s. Burleson of Austin, Tex, for
mer postmaster general, has gone TO
Europe to arrange for the sale Of sew
era hundred thousand bales of cotton
to European spinners on six months
credit backed by European banks.
Six hundred prisoners at the Ohio,
Tertiary, Columbus, suffered
light attack Of ptomalne poisoning
caused by eating of preserved par
SHIPS
"a slight fire on the former German
submarine U-140, at the Philadelphia
navy yard, was extinguished by three
sailors and two marines wearing gas
masks.
Post office department announced
that mail clerks will be armed with
sawed-off shotguns to foil mail robbers.
a general sales tax to provide funds
Tor the retirement of the floating debt
was advocated by Representative Tess
OF Ohio, chairman of the Republican
congressional Campaign Committee,
IN speech in the house, Washington.
Ralph NJ. Shaw, counsel for the Chi
cago Great Western, which recently
proposed a 20 per cent reduction for
skilled labor and the placing of unskill-
ed labor on wage par with similar
workers in other industries, declared
IN Chicago that the roads now were
forced to pay their unskilled employ
ees 81 per cent higher wages than were
paid in other industries.
President Harding contemplates no
move for disarn ament until peace has
been declared.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
FELCHERVILLE

Ray Stetson has started the patro
work.
Mrs. Will Wright has been home fol
a short rest.
Our teachers attended the conven-
ton at Johnson Monday.
! Three large deer were feeding Sun
day morning in Felcherville.
Della and Theodore Whitcomb were
in Morrisville last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymore and son were
recent visitors in Morrisville.
Mrs. Joel Bessey, who has been sick
with pneumonia is little better
Mr.. and and Mrs. Decell and family
were in Morrisyille at Mr.. Perry's
Thursday,
Alvy Emerson, mother and sister
Maud passed Wednesday with Mrs.
Bertram Eastman.
Several truck loads of calves went
through Saturday, about all farmer
can sell and get anything for.
The COW tester was at Mr.. Pages
for a special test the last of the week,
was very pleased with the test.
Mrs. Abbott and daughter, Shirley,
of East Johnson passed Wednesday
with her friend, Mrs. Oscar Whitcomb
Have you noticed how nice Mr..
GerouX has made his meadows look by
taking out the stone north of the
buildings.
Elmer Boyes and wife are at his
fathers, viii Boyes. He has been
blowing for Brainard Mudgett and
others, who have no team.
Help is hard to hire, all holding
back to see what the mines and
Pratt & Foss are going to pay; will
ing to do most any work but farm
work.
Those that called at the old plaster
ed house the past week was Mr.. and
Mrs. Stopple of Morrisville, Mr.. Tatro
of Eden, Mr.. and Mrs. Seymore and
Theodore Whitcomb.
All wagons must carry lights, but
what about the autos that have no
lights. They go by some of the dark
est nights. If we had night guards
like some states, there might be less
night driving.
Mrs. Taylor, who was taken in an
ambulance to Mary Fletcher hospital
gave birth Friday to little boy, who
only lived a few hours. She is very
sick. Mr.. Taylor is in Burlington
and will remain few days.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Col. Geo. b. Harvey

The appointment of Col. Geo. B. Har
vey to the court Of St. James was con.
firmed by the Senate, the Democrats, Of
course. voting against him. Not satisfied
with this, Senator Harrison of Mississippi
gives vent to his spleen by emitting a
lengthy harangue against the act and
Harvey in particular.
Nevertheless, in spite of this, Mr.. Har-
vey will go to London where he willrepre-
sent the United States with the dignity
that BELTS the position; doing more, how
ever, than appearing at court" in knee
breeches and silk stock;ngs-he will be "a
live wire" and will not hesitate to twist
the lions tail" if need be.
Col. Harvey found Wilson" mo doubt
to his sorrow and that is about all that
can be said against him. He fully be.
lieves in President Harding and the poll
cies he represents and that should qualify
him for membership in the Republican
party. Besides all this he is Vernonter,
to the manner born" native of Peach
am, and he will make good in the inpors-
ant position he has been called to fill.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Riverside

Mrs. Joel Bessey has pneumonia
Geo. Wadleigh has been i'll, but is bet
ter now.
Mrs. Geo, Wadleigh is threatened witt
pneumonia.
Arthur Hooper and wife of johnson
were Sunday visitors at A. l. Mills.
Will Bessey and wife of St. Jchnsbury
ware at the Bessey home Friday night.
Walter Barnes and son Robert were
business visitors in Wolcott one day last
week.
Clyde Jewett of Hyde Park Center is
spending several days with his aunt, Mrs.
A. l. Mills.
Perley Grggs and brother Louis of
Worthwhile were business visitors at W.
W. Barnes the last of the week.
Frank Zeno and wife are the happy
parents of boy, Frank Junior, born the
10th of April. Mrs. Herman Trumbull,
a sister of Mrs. Zeno, is caring for the
mother and son.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
NORTH HYDE PARK

H. F. Hurlbut was a recent visitor il
Morrisville.
Mrs. Abbie Mudgett is in Johnson visit
ing relatives.
Orvis Jones and wife we're visitors il
Johnson Friday.
Ezra Thomas and wife Of Stowe visited
their son, John, Sunday.
Otto Foss and wife are the happy par
ents of son, born April %.
Regular meetings of the G. A. R. and
Auxiliary now held Saturday.
Lewis Robertson and wife have moved
back to their home in Cambridge.
Mrs. Joel Bessey has been sick the past
week and does not seem to improve.
Geo Ovitt and wife visited the for
mer's parents. in Morrisville recently.
J. Miller and wife Of Johnson visited
the latter S sis er, Agnes O'Kane, Saturday.
Roy Stetson began patrol work on the
road Monday. Otto Foss is his assist
ant.
Mrs. J. o. George, Of Gorham, N. H.,
is guest of her sister, Mrs. Anna Haz-
ard.
Haven Billiard and wife and V. A. Bull
lard Of Burlington were in the place re-
Gently,
D. S. McAllister and family were visit
ors Sunday in Morrisville at the home of
Leo Gates.
Norris Shufelt and wife and Mr..
Bean Of Westfeld were recent visitors at
c. w. Manning's.
Archie Pratt and wife, Edgar Pratt and
daughter, Evelyn, we're in Burlington one
day the past week.
W. B. Hurlburt announces the engage
nent of his daughter, Freda T., to Gerald
+. Bouney OF Boston, MASS.
Work began on the covered bridge the
past week by Silas Griswold and men. 1t
will be raised and rebuilt suitable for
heavy traffic.
Extensive repairs are being made upon
he covered bridge. 1t will take large
um to put it in good shape. Silas Girls
void is the master mechanic.
Ralph Bean of Camp Veil, N. j., was
allied here the last OF the week by the
erious illness of his wife, who is some
What improved at this writing.
Morton Manning and family have
moved to his fathers farm on Ober Hill.
The Bohanon family, who we're living
here, have moved into Willis Ruggles
enement at the lower end of the village.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
FOREIGN

Communists obtained a majority of
S57 in elections to the Moscow Soviet. =
Disorders in which extreme Nation
alists and Communists were engaged in
| central and northern part of Italy were
spread to southern provinces.
Secretary Weeks announced appoint
ment of General Pershing to organize
s war staff and to take charge of field
operations of the armies of the Unit
ed States in time of war. !
Plans are now being completed by
the newspapers Ell Mercurio of Santi-
ago and La Nacion of Buenos Aires
for coast to coast automobile race
between the two cities.
Definite announcement of the Cana
dian governments intention to appoint
minister to the United States was.
made in the house of commons, OF
tawa, by Arthur Meighen, the prime
minister, during a debate on a vote Of
100000 for Canadian representation
at Washington.
An important feature of Marshal
Fochs German invasion plan calls for
requisit ons on cities and big indus
trials if difficulties are met In other
words, If Hugo SHINES and company,
who control the Ruhr business, try to
cause Foch trouble, they will pay for
their fun.
Bubonic plague has appeared in
Alexandria, Egypt. An average of 30
cases are being reported daily.
A tax of 80 per cent on imports from
Germany is provided in "a bill intro
duced in Greek Parliament.
Efforts on the part of the German
government to have the United States
Interfere in any way with the repara-
ton dispute between Germany and the
allies have definitely failed. Informa-
ton to this effect has been communi-.
Gated to Ellis Loring Dresel, American
Commissioner at Berlin, and by him
transmitted to the German foreign
Office.
I
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Gihon Grange

The program which the Lecturer is
preparing for the contest takes place on
May 9TH. Following is the program:
Butterfly drill by eighteen ladies; Violin
solo, Stella Flanders; Song by three
ladies; Reading by Mrs. Lucius Noyes;
Character song Of Mother; Monolog,
Mrs. Neal SARGENT; Character song, re-
duced to s199; Recitation, Mrs. Edgar
Pratt; Character miuuet by eight ladies;
Piano solo by Florence Huntlcy; Ladies
band. The City Girl and Old Farmer
Eph'm Jones, two Colored Gents. Its
time to tell you all goodby. A good at
tendance of Graugtrs is desired.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
SPORTING

Hennon Of Dickinson College pitch
ed no-hit game against Franklin and
: Marshall at Carlisle, the home team
winning, 6 to l. Hennon' struck out
IL men. Franklin and Marshalls lone
run was scored on an error.
Larry Kopf, shortstop of the Cincin-.
/ natl Nationals, called at the Office OF.
President Herman and signed a con-
tract. "Heinie' Groh, third baseman,i
! and Ed. Roush, center fielder, still re-.
| main unsigned.
Leslie Myers, captain of the Univer-
sity OF California baseball team, has
been signed by the Detroit Club for
next season, he announced at Berkeley.
He plays center field.
Catcher. Lew McCarty has been sold
to the Kansas City Club of the Ameri-
can Association, Manager Branch
hickey Of the st. Louis Nationals an
nOunced.
Carpenter said in Paris that no
matter who wins the championship
battle in Jersey City he did not think
the bout would last more than four.
rounds
Georges Carpenter, the European.
champion, who is to start shortly for!
the United States to fight Jack Demp-
sey for the world heavyweight pugi-'
listic championship, will have his train
ing quarters at Long Beach, Long
Island.
Edouard Horemans, champion balk-
line billardist of Europe, defeated
George B. Sutton of Chicago when he
completed the fourth block of their
1000 point 1872 balkline contest at Chi
cago in six innings, making the final
score 1000 to 46S. 4
Miss AleXa Stirling, United States
woman golf champion, tied Miss Cecil
Leitch, British woman champion, for,
the scratch prize at Ranelagh Club
England.
Frank Zuna of Newark, n. j. won
the American Marathon from Ashland
to Boston, about twenty-siX moles. His
time was hours, Is minutes 81 3-5
seconds, a new record for the course.
So much adverse criticism has been
caused over giving the decision to Mon-
treal over Pete Herman at Boston re-;
Gently, the matter may be taken up by
the Massachusetts Boxing Commission.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Lecture Course Next Winter

The Hyde Park Legion has arranged for
another lecture course next season. This
will be,a series of five entertainments and
season tickets will cost 81 rs, whichis only
ten cents more than paid for three enter
tainments last year. The five entertain
ments will consist of the famous Suwanee
River Quartette, which met with such ia
vor in the last course; Lieut.. Sherman.
psychologist lecturer; Versatile Artists,
harpist and violinist; The Twins, readers
and impersonators; and Jean Fowler, the
reader-a splendid course throughout.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Mountain View

J. W.,Thompson was business visi OIL
in johnson last Friday,
G. NJ. Hogaboom transacted business
in Morrisville Monday.
Glenn Thompson spent part of last
week working for Mr.. Waite.
Dan'l Foss, from the North village,
was at Lee Whtcomb's Thursday.
George Davis of New Britain, Conn, is
visiting his friend, Raymond Jones.
Mrs. Jane Davis of johnson was re-
cent visitor at A. A. Jones; also W. A
Whitcomb.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
GENERAL

Stull Bros, largest mortgage and
bond house in the state of Nebraska,
has merged with the Omaha Trust
Senators and Representatives of
eleven western states have organized
with view to finding a common
ground upon which they can work to
solve the question of Japanese immi-
grafton.
The first legal backfire in the at
tempt to "deliquorize" New York
City in accordance with the new state
prohibition law occurred when suits
for $4,000 each were brought against
a city magistrate and patrolman for
alleged malicious prosecution"
Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mis-
sissippi, charged in the senate that the
appointment of George Harvey by
President Harding as ambassador to
Great Britain was a reward for his
efforts to discredit the Wilson ad
ministration. Senator Lodge, the Re
publican leader, defended Mr.. Harvey.
President Harding was asked by the
National Farmers Union convention
to call a conference of representatives
of the basic industries to meet with
representatives of the railroads, labor
and agriculture Sin an effort TO cor
rect the Industrial evils from which
the whole country is suffering"
John z. Cudahy, millionaire club
man, ended his life at his home in
Hollywood, Cal. He fired bullet into
his head.
Delegates from farm loan associa-
lions throughout the United States ar
rived in washington to form the Ma
tional Union of Farm, Loan AssOcia-
tons.
General Pershing will be appointed
head of skeletonized general head
quarters, or war staff, to be organized
at once for directing the field oper-
ations of the nations armed forces In
time of war, Secretary Weeks an
nounced.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
HYDE PARK

Remember the Senior play, Our Boys,
Friday eve., May 6td
The Pictures Friday night this weel
will be good ones, including comedy.
| The Ladies' Aid will meet Thursday a
2:30 p. M, at Mrs. Harry Noyes'. This il
the annual business meeting, and a gooC
attendance is desired.
The Nellie Gill Co.. had another large
house Tuesday evening and sustained
their reputation of giving an excellent
play. Joe 'Osler" was all right. The
Third Degree" in two weeks.
An umbrella mender was in town day
last week plying his vocation. and instead
of carrying his outfit flung over shoulder,
he perambulated about with horse and
buggy-and pretty good outfit it was.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin Farr spent a few
days here last week at the home OF her
parents. Mr.. Farr has accepted posi-
ton as secretary to an Ohio congressman
and they will soon take up their residence
in Washington.
The Odd Fellows will have as their
guests next Tuesday evening forty men,
bers of Mansfield Lodge, Cambridge, at
which time 25 of them will be given the
first degree by this lodge. All Odd Eel
lows cordially invited.
A very audible smile passed over the
congregation at the Cong'l church last
Sunday morning when just as the preach.
er was expatiating upon hell the versatile
janitor went below and gave the furnace
fires vigorous shaking up.
D. S. Taylor, one of the men killed in
the explosion at Bethel last Saturday, was
the father of R. c, Taylor, who moved on
the Moulton farm last year. Affections
come heavily to young Mr.. Taylor. Be-
sides the death of his father, child born
last week is dead and his wife is in a very
precarious condition at the hospital.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Usefulness Of Cedar Chests.

Cedar is used IN various forms for
repellIng insects. The chips from pen
Gil factories are distilled for their
oil or ground up and sold for use in
protecting rugs and wooden garments
from moths. The resistance to moths
of chests made from Tennessee red
cedar and Spanish cedar is widely adj
vertised. But the resistance to insect
pests is due not so much to the
cedar odor as to the fact that such
chests are well made with tight COW
ers and are thus physically exclusive.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
NATIONS BUSINESS

W. c. Teagle, president of the Stand
ard Oil Co. Of New Jersey, announced
that only the bonus distributed to EN-
ployees during the war had been sus-
pended and the wage scale will con-
tinue the same.
Setting a whirlwind pace, more than
30 railroads laid their plans for wage
reductions before the Railroad Labor
Board in the final days presentation
of the carriers evidence. The board
then adjourned for one week, until
April 2S, to allow the employees time
In which to prepare their reply. Pre-
dictions of receiverships and bank
ruptcfes interspersed exhibit after eX-
hibit introduced by the roads to show
decreases in outside industry wages
and the cost of living.
The Railroad Labor Board ruled that
the receiver of the Atlanta, Birming-
ham & Atlantic Railroad in reducing
wages of it's employees, in compliance
with a decision by Federal Judge S. FL.
Sbley, had acted in violation of the
spirit and letter of the transportation
act.
\ movement against the sales tax
was launched among Republican Sena-
tors in Washington.
Charges that capital combine"
headed by twelve New York financial
institutions inaugurated a policy Of
nation wide shutdowns was made be-.
fore the United States Railroad Labor
Board in Chicago by w. Jett Lauck,
economist for the unions which are
fighting any reduction in wages.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Great Events That Are Chang
ing the Worlds Destiny Told
in Paragraphs.
ITEMS TO INTEREST ALL.
Short Chronicle OF Past Occurrences
Throughout the Union and Our
Coones-News From Europe
That Will Interest.
WASHINGTON

The Colombian treaty, growing out
of the partitionlng Of Panama, was
ratified BY the senate. 1t provides for
/ the payment by the United States of
$25000,000 to the South American re-
public, but has yet to be approved by
the Colombian assembly. The vote on
ratification was 60 to 10. or II more
than the necessary two-thirds majorl-
". Fifteen Republicans and four
Democrats voted against ratification.
David f, Blair, of Winston Salem,
~ c., was nominated by President
Harding to be Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue. Mr.. Blair, who viii
succeed William N. Williams, never
held political office, but was prominent
in Republican affairs in North Caro-
lima.
Nine steel cargo vessels of 10000
lightweight tons We're added TO the
fleet ont of commission, bringing the
total up to 61S vessels OF 4,439,SS
deadWeight tons.
An additional appropriation of $780,
100000 to enable it to liQuidate the af-
fairs of federal control of the railroads
will be asked by the United States
Railroad Administration, Representa-
tive Coed of Iowa, chairman of the
House Committee on Appropriations,
declared in the House.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
Mill Burned in the "Di9eins"

The saw mill at the "Diggins," owned by
Morrill, & Gates, was completely destroyed
by fire Monday night. A quantity OF
lumber was also burned. Some insurance;
cause unknown.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27
News and Citizen
L. II. LEWIS EDITOR

Gov. Hardness has been presented with
a gold medal for skill in inventing useful
lathe. The Governor is an expert in de-
veloping useful and intricate machinery.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27

There seems to be a little tendency on
the part of some newspaper and members
OF the legislature to blame Governor Hart
ness because the legislature adjourned be-
tore he had signed or vetoed all the bills
passed or because he failed to get them all
signed or vetoed before adjournment was
taken. 1t would seem to the Banner that
the responsibility belongs chiefly to the
men of long legislature experience around
the statehouse. Hale Darling, Martin vi
las, julie Wilcox and Others ought to have
been familiar with the precedent of past
years and guarded against the blunder that
appears to have been made. The Cover.
nor and otherbeginners around the CAPT
toll cannot be expected to learn the trade
IN few short months. BENNINGTON Ban
ner.
There is a great deal of sound logic in
the above. We venture the assertion that
If Frank Howe should get to be Governor
he would know just what to do with all
bills that came to him. There would be
no delay in either signing or vetoing them
Linus Leavens is showing himself to be
not only good loser but also good
helper Instead of sulking in his tent, he
is extending every possible aid to State
Fish and Game Commissioner Sheldon.-l
Burlington Free Press.
That is just like Linus" He graci-
ously submits to the inevitable. Still the
question is asked, why did the Govern
or turn him DOWN. Surely, he was an
efficient official and splendid GO. ordi- |
nator.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27

Some of the newspapers in Vermont are
getting some age on them. Last week we
mentioned the Goth birthday of the Man
chester Journal. This week we are con-
graduating the Bristol Herald on the CON-
pletion of its existence of 40 years. The
Herald is a real live fellow for one of its
years. The fact that it has long been un-
der the management of the Wilson Broth
ers is the secret Of its success. 1t has had
its ups and downs, and what paper does
not? But with all that the Herald is on
the map and it looks as if it would long
continue to champion the best interests Of
that live and prosperous community.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-27

That was very nice thing to do having
silver plate put upon the seat occupied
by Miss Beard the first lady Represent
alive" sent to Montpelier, The Rutland
Heard says it should have been woman"
instead of lady" We do not agree with
the Herald. Miss Beard was perfect
lady" all through the session, quiet and
transformations and in spite of the mascu.
line surroundings, proved herself a lady,
first, last and all the time. In fact, her
demeanor was such that it had telling eff.
fects upon the general behavior of her $3.50
ciates. We should not be surprised if the
town OF Washington would send her again
to Montpelier, and that would be an ex-
ample that other towns would do we'll to
initiate. There'll be more ladies" next
session