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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
TO HASTEN CHURCH UNITY.
Ten Montreal Clergymen Apply for
Ordination In Two Churches.

Montreal. May 23.-Tcn leading
clergymen Of this city, five Anglicans
and five Presbyterians. have applied
for ordination in both churches. their
avowed object being TO hasten the
movement towards unity Of Chris
tian denominations.
The ministers made the following
proposal;
"That each while retaining his
present position. should accept the
ordination service OF the other church.
or whatever form Of admission that
church should require as eonferring the
necessary for ministry in
its communion. with the PREDATORY
statement that on the part of those
receiving such commission it is clearly
understood that herein there il no
repndiation Of. or reflection on their
past ministry and as u definite step
forward We now offer ourselves for
such commission. subject only to our
receiving the sanction of our respective
churches. which sanction we hereby
ask: this request for sanction 20 he
submitted At once 20 the authorities
OF our respective churches"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
.BIG EMMA A SUICIDE.
Was One Of chicago's Most Famous
Shoplifters.

Chicago, May %. Mrs. Emma
weir-~Big Emma known by a
score of aliases in police circles, was
discovered dead to-day with gas tube
in her mouth, in the attic OF dra5
cottage which had been her home since
she retired 20 years ago. Big
Emma, also known as the million
dollar shop litter first introduced the
"split skirt to Chicago, but not for
style. big Emma" used the split 20
reach an underskirt provided with am
pie pockets to store away her loot as
She extracted it from the store counter.
In her PALMER days, she was said
to have driven up to the State street
stores with blooded horses and driy-
er in livery. After loading her yoiu-
minous skirts with picked articles she
would 20 out to her waiting carriage
and drive serenely away.
Her last sentence was in lS9S. She
was pardoned and dropped out OF sight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
A HEAVY FAILURE.
By swanton Cooperative Dairy Co. of
Swanton.

burlington. May 23.- The Swantcn
Cooperative Dairy Co.. Inc, Of Swan.
ton. filed voluntary petition of bank.
ruptcy in the United States court yes
terday. Assets were placed at $50,34l.-
As and liabilities were given as SIlI,-
554.2I. The assets include real estate
estimated to be worth ss5.0Oo, machin-
ery and tools. $4,000: debts due on
open accounts. S254.45; cash, SJ00'
vehicles. 5000.
The liabilities include wages, 1862.
92: secured claims of $4,000; lnse-
cured claims. S56,99l.29.
The Swanton Savings Bank a Trust
company holds a real estate mortgage
on the plant for sl6,500 P. J. An-
dette. NJ. b. Tabor. c. L. Herrick and
d. r. Donaldson hold a second mort
gage on the plant for $4,000. A. 1.
Collins. G. II. Hersey and Others hold
third mortgage on the plant Tor
$4,000. j. o. Corliss. trustee, holds A
chattcl mortgage on the equipment ior
$4,000. p. J. Audette holds chattel
mortgage on the ice and supplies Tor
5000.
Approximately 100 producers are
listed with claims for two months but
terfat. A similar number from swan
ton and surrounding towns arc listed
a. having loaned money to the amount
Of s3O.g4p in exchange for stock.
Besides this stock, there Is list OF
over 200 stockholders of the company
mostly in small amounts. The petit
ton was filed through the ofiioe of L.
w. Webster and Charles ID. Watson
and was signed by J. O. Corliss, c. L.
Herr1ck and z. }. Audetie. president.
treasurer and manager of the company.
and as members Of the board Of diree-
tor
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
CHURCH 4ND SCHOOL
WIPED OUT BY FIRE
Firebug Is Believed to Have Been Re-
sponsible for Blaze at
Charieton, Mass.

Charleton, Mass, May %. Fire be-
lieyed to be of incendiary origin de.
stroyed the Charleton Center hi2a
school building and the First univef-
salist church early this morning, caus-
ing loss estimated at about $4,000.
The fire was discovered at 2 o'clock
when the entire second floor of the
school was enveloped in flames. State
offers have been called to investigate.
Fire apparatus from Southbridse
and Spencer responded TO call TOR
help but the fire fighters were handi-
capped because Of lack Of water. The
church had highly valued mahogany
pulpit handed down from colonial
days. Nothing was saved from the
school building.
While Principal Tyler Of the hish
school was in the basement OF the
church, which was being temporarily
used BY the commercial department oi
the school. in an attempt to save equip
ment. the church bell crashed through
to the basement and landed within a
foot of him.
A communion service was the only
church property that was saved
The people OF Charleton are now
without a town clock, the orly one IA
town being located in the church sp're.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
PRIORITY OF
CLAIMS URGED
AT Hearing .ative to
Financial 5 airs Of
TroT S Co.
FoRECLC:;y RE OF
MORg.S AGE TALKED
Receiver Asks That Opera
ton Of Road Stop at
Once

There was no opposition this morn-
ing before Judge S. G, Wilson at Mont
pelier in the matter Of foreclosure by
the American Trust company of its
mortgage on the Barre and Montpelier
only big question argued most Of the
forenoon was relative to which claim
should be met first and what form the
disposal Of the property should take.
III. Volholm, the receiver, again urged
that the road should not be operated
further as that would take from the
assets OF the company perhaps for the
benefit Of some individual creditor
The matter Of priority of claims
against the road will take considerable
time. Nearly everybody interested APP
|pealed to-day that an answer to the pc
tition Of the mortgage, asking that
their claim be allowed before the mort
gagee takes charge Of the road
A new face appeared in the bevy Of
attorneys this morning when State Tax
Commissioners r. b. Thomas, represent
ing Vermont, petitioned that the
states claim of $3.50 in taxes due the
state be made priority claim. The
tewn of Berlin also entered claim for
taxes, but that town had been repre-
sented before. 1t appeared, as II. 6.
Shurtlelf stated, that everybody pres
-ent believed his claim was prior to any
other when payment il made, if such
takes place.
Seven trolley car operators, who oc-
cupied seats in the back side Of the
court room, looked worried when dis
continuance of operation OF the road
was under consideration or mentioned.
The National Surety company has
offered TO pay the state taxes, but Com
missioner Thomas said the state takes
taxes without any strings. John w,
Gordon wanted a sale to occur before.
foreclosure SO that the creditors, other
than the American Trust company,
should profit first.
The receivers report shows that be
recommends discontinuance of the road
Immediately and that he has not gained
the co operation of the city of Mont.
pelier. This is shown by the fact that
the city is planning TO force the pay
ment of the paving contract He has
declined the surety company further
premiums upon the bond under trah-
ehise. He states that all fares, except
those required by the public service
commission, should be left to the dis
cretion of the receiver and that the
schedules. be handled in the same way
and that il the road should continue
that they be relieved of the paving cx
penses.
Attorney Rollins, for the Trust com.
pany, spoke on the proposition which
the Trust tcompany had in mind and
injected into the meeting the only sun
shine. as far as the patrons were con.
cerned; namely, that, after the bond
holders Secured hold of the road that
they might reorganize and operate the
road. He did not think anyone could
do this unless il was the bondholders-
He thought il would take about $40
600 to put the road in practical con.
dition to run. In order that the attor'
ney and the court might secure further
data on the claims, a recess was taken
shortly after IL o'clock until o'clock
this afternoon when further hearing
viii take place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
SUSPECTED MURDERER
or RALPH ~. BREWSTER
HELD AT QLAN77CO, VA.
PRAISES PROHIBITION.
But Lady Astor Will Not Advocate 1t
in England.


New York, May 23.-Lord and Lady
Aastor were booked to sail to-day on
the Aquitania.
Declaring that prohibition in the
United States and several Canadian
provinces has been 'sbig contribution
to the spiritual regeneration Of tns
world, Lady Astor issued statement
before sailing, in which she summed
up her opinion on the dry question on
both sides of the ocean.
II am not going to advocate pronl-
bition legislation in England" she con-
tinued, ''but / will support local op-
tion by direct vote laws
Lady Astor said she had heard IT
said that the rich in America could
get drink while thespoor could not, out
declared she had not seen such con-
dition herselfs
"When i balance the result, offset
the uplifting of the poor and strug-
Cling and the salvation which prohibi
tion has brought to many wives and
children against the alleged degrade
ton of some of the rich, well, ] nave
no doubt the net result for the coun-
try has been good she continued.
"The general sentiment seems to be
that it il the rich and not the poor
who really get the worst Of it.
Lady Astor declared that the only
anti American propaganda she has seen
in England was engendered by liquor
interests which have gone into politics
over the liquor question.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
ATTACKED DAUGHERTY.
Senator caraway Said He Was Inter
ested in Release of Morse.

Washington, ID. Ct, May 23. Re-
newing his attack on Attorney General
Daugherty in the Senate yesterday,
Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkan-
sas, placed in the congressional record
alleged copies Of two more letters pnr-
porting to show that Mr.. Daugherty
was active and directly interested IN
obtaining the release from the Atlanta
penitentiary of Charles +. Morse, tiie
shipbuilder.
The letters, published yesterday in 4
local newspaper, Senator Caraway said,
showed that Mr.. Daugherty was en-
gagged as counsel in the case because ne
had the confidence of former President
Taft. who commuted Mr.. Morse's 10
years. sentence, and charged that Mr..
Daugherty had abused" Mr.. Taft's
confidence.
One of the letters purportcd to be
from Thomas B. Fielder, New York at
torney, alleged to have been associated
with Mr.. Daugherty in the Morse par
don case The other, alleged to have
been written BIZ Frank j.. Seeley, edl-
tor of the Atlanta Georgian, to Mr..
ftutI, >Hiu tHdb MI MIL ONNl tfo
liberty and his life TO your and Mr..
Daugherty's efforts" Mr.. Seeley said
his interest was purely philanthrop-
ic.v
Commenting on statements in the
letters that Mr.. Fielder and the present
attorney general took steps to prevent
revocation Of Mr. Morse's release when
it was charged that fraud had been
practiced upon President Taft, Senator
Caraway asserted that Mr.. Fielder and
Mr. Daugherty if not eognizant OF .he
original fraud, prevented rectification.
"If they were not a party TO the
fraud in its original perpetration, said
Senator Caraway, they became ac-
completes after the fact
Senator Moses, Republican, New
Hampshire, when Senator Caraway
had finished. asserted that the whole
performance in connection with dis
eussion OF the Morse ease was "a
smoke screen to hide Democratic Gao
met officers who served under the last
administration The Morse and Bosch
magnetic cases, now before the depart
ment OF justice, the New Hampshire
senator said, promised to seriously
embarrass former attorney general
and former secretary of the treasury"
Senator Caraway disclaimed any m.
tent to embarrass the department Of
any interest in the pending prosecu-
tions.
The evidence submitted in the Morse
case, if placed before a jury, Senator
Caraway declared would convict both
Mr.. Daugherty and Mr.. Fielder Of
fraud.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
TO DEMAND RELEASE.
Or Evidence On Which They Are Held
as Plotters.

Chicago. May 23.-Cldcago labor's ;
~big three to-day planned renewed
effort 10 obtain their release from Jail
on bonds. or. failing that, at least TO
force the city and state authorities to
reveal some~of the evidence Il Is in
sisted connects them with two police
murders. bomb plots. beatings and
property damage to the extent OF ap-
proximately $1,000 600.
Attorneys for big Tim Murphy.
street sweeper and gas workers union
head: Fred Nader. president OF the
Chicago Building Trades council. and
Con- Shea Of the Theatre Janitors
union. announced intention to demand
= writ which would require John Mil
Ter. alleged confessed driver OF the
automobile from which the two police
man were shot. to make known what
information he had given the police.
The crime wave hared up again
Yesterday and last night. Numerous
robheries and attacks by apparently
feeble minded persons were reported
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
Various Causes and Some of Them
Ludicrous.

Dogs seemed TO occupy most Of the
.space in reports of accident made 70
the secretary of state to-day. A. K.
Dav of Burlington reported that his
car hit dog when he was endeaNoring
to avoid some children. that the dog
then went to its home on Its own pow
er" and that when Day went 20 the
house the women talked 80 fast in Their
language thar he could not tell whether
they were censuring him or sympathiz-
ing with him. f. NJ Hanson claimed
that Amos Hanson killed his dog
worth $50. Z. }. Grout Of Whining
ton stated that horse came out OF the
dark and that his car injured the horse
so il had 20 be killed. G. /. Dunham
of Brattleboro reported that the
machine of A. r. Fish Of Chester hit
two machines Sunday while trying To
pass between them. Walter Grum-
fnond reported that his car hit John
REYNOLDS. C. J. BuNton reported
that a wheel came of and that his
machine went across the road and tAat
motorcycle ran into tho wrecked
machine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
LESS HOPE OF
LOWER RATES
Pres. Harding Finds For
midable Obstacles To His
Plan
FOR THOROUGH
GOING CHANGE
Optimism After Saturday
Nights Dinner Some
what Dampened

Washington, D. G., May ~. Presi-
dent Harding was represented at the
White House to-day as merely hopeful
that voluntary reduction in trans
portation rates would result from last
Saturday nights diimtr conference,
attended by 10 Of the leading railroad
executives of the country.
Obstacles in the way Of obtaining
voluntary action BY the railroads IN
the way Of rate reductions ON the
thorough going basis desired by the
administration were described at the
White House as somewhat formidable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
TRIED TO ROB
STATION SAFE
IS THE STORY
Navy Yard Records Show
That hawthorn Was On
Guard Duty the Night of
the Murder And at Time
When Brewster Was Sup
posed to Have Been Muir
dered

Winchester, Mass, May 23.-Authof-
tiles who for month have been
searching for the assassin OF Ralph
w. Brewster. station agent Of the
Boston and Maine railroad here, cx-
pres sed the belief to-day that the mur-
yere had been found in John hawthorn,
a msniber Of the marine corps. Word
of his arrest was received here to-day
from police officers who went TO Quan.
tico Va.
hawthorn was stationed until recent !
lv al the Boston navy yard. L was
whils he was on duty there that he
told Charles Tindall of Quincy, now
pi isoner at the East Cambridge JAIL
awaiting trial for larceny, according
to the latter's story to the police, THAI
he killed Brewster in an attempt to
rob the station safe. After firing four
shots at the ticket agent, through an
open door. Tindalps account said, Law
thorn's attempt to rob was frustrated
when the wind blew the door shut.
Tindall, formerly fellow member
OF the marine corps with hawthorn,
said the latter had told him of calling
on a girl in Winchester near the rail-
road station where he saw the ticket
agent counting his money before put
ting it into the safe one night, and
remarked that it would be an easy
Job A few days later he said he read
Of the killing of Brewster, and sus-
pected hawthorn. Subsequently he
met him, asked him about the shoot
ing. and hawthorn admitted he was
responsible, giving him an account OF
his attempt to rob the ticket office
Tindall said.
The latter told the police that Law
thorn had Dragged to him also that
he fad killed policeman in Chicago
some time ago.
In the official records of the Boston
navy yard, the report Of the officer
Of the day shows that John Lawhorn
as he was listed, was on guard duty
on the night of the murder, and that
from 8 to 10 o'clock he was stationed
at the main gate. The investigation
of the killing of Brewster has estab-
lished that he was shot between $3.50
and 10. so that the official record OF
Lawthorn's duty at the navy yard is
regarded as supporting his denial OF
the charge reported from Quantico.
The Winchester railroad station where
the murder occurred is more than nall
an hours ride from the navy yard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
Ard FHEIS GIVES
ITS RATIFICATION
OF Agreement Reached Last Week By
Factions of Dali
Eireann.

Dublin, May 90 tBy the Associated
Press The Ard Fheis. the national
Sim Fein organization, ratified at It's
meeting to-day the agreement reached
last week by the factions in the Dali
Eireann regarding the election and the
composition of the government. After
voting its approval, the session ad-
journed.
Michael Collins, head OF the provis
ional government. in addressing the
Ard Fheis. zaid the value Of the agree
ment reached by the Dali Eireann last
Saturday was that il secured the unity
OF the nation, enabling Ireland to end
the disorder
The Ard Fheis hall of the Mansion
house was crowded when the meeting
opened. The delegates exeitedly dis
ciissed the reports Of arrests Of Sim
Finers in Ulster. which included a mum
Der of men who had intended to attend
to-day's meetings. /,
Mr.. DE Valera was loudly cheered as
he entered with Arthur Griffith. Harry
c. Boland and Austen Stack. Mr.. De
Valera gresided. He moved approval Of
the agreement adopted by the Dali Sat
urday providing for a common panel
of candidates at the forthcoming elec-
tion. These candidates. Mr.. DE Valera
said. we're TO be supported as Sim fein
candidates without regard TO their
opinions on the treaty.
Mr. De Valera said the agreement
was regarded not as a triumph Of one
section OF the other but as a triumph
for the Irish nation He believed the
agreement would restore Irish credit
abroad and that IL would restore or
dered conditions at homo. He aid con-
ditions in the south had prevented
concentration on the position af the
northeast corner Of Ireland but that
the situation in the north and before
the world could now bf clarified
Michael Collins seconded Mr. D. Val
era's motion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
BETHEL

William Crochetiere and family oi
Worcester, Mass, are at Henry w
Davis. Mrs. Crochetiere was Marion
Davis of this town. They are repair
ing the small house on the Davis place
for their occupancy.
Leroy NJ. Merrill is home from Bel
lows Falls for a few days.
Edward Hickey is working at A. w
Arnold's market and grocery.
The boy scouts baseball team won a
game in Royalton Saturday by a score
of 26 to IL. Havey, Mccullough and
j. Miller were the scouts battery.
The V. s. A. baseball team from
Randolph Center won Ii 70 Q from the
Whitcomb high school team on the
playground Saturday.
The first and second teams OF
Whitcomb high school played FIVE
inning game of baseball yesterday, the
first team winning. to 5. Mitiguy
and Hickey were the battery for th,
first team, Perkins and Persons for thu
second.
j. +. Pease is resting a few day.
from his work as carrier on rura
route two and John Morse is substitut
ing for him.
Robert Castle. a student of the Bos
ton English high school, recently Wis
tied Mrs. NJ L. Wilson.
Rev. Charles G. Wilson of Cohasset
Mass. is at his mothers home for :
few days.
F. r Ingham and family have
moved TO South Hadley. Mass.
Mrs. Dwight Smith and her son oi
Stowe are visiting at Dr. 6. l. Alb
bott's.
r. L. Cotton Of Woodstock has solt
the W. A. Perkins farm in Barnard e
r. C. Reaume.
c. L. Blossom and family hav,
moved TO the ellison cottage AZ Lake
Ansel.
John L. Parrott has rented the VIII
son cottage at Lake Ansel for the sea
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest :. Blossom
have returned from Brookline. Mass
Nr. Blossom is much better after hii
acute attack Of appendicitis
Nrs. Barbara Caranchini has movet
from her mothers house into the Par
sons house on South Main street.
Fred n. Avery has moved from
South Main street 10 Tannery street
The committee Of Nhitcomb hlgl
scnool district announces the following
list Of teachers for the school year be
ginning IN September; High schoo
principal. Waldo T. Davis; assistants
RAYMOND Elmer Christine johnson
Harriet Billings. Eva II. Wilson. Mrs
Wilson viii have charge Of freshman
mathematics and English and Of IN
eighth grade Edna Parsons. seveutl
and sixth grades. Gladys hassam. tftl
end fourth. Fern II. Fargo. third
Mildred Shaw. first and second; Mrs
y NJ. Cav. instractor N music. u !
expected that the present carshh
! fanffor. Linus Edmunds, vili serve ID
s-a.nol another year The teacher
srat.iur ciass awaits the signatures =
fscient vusuhcr ~ desire ~
k.au.<.k..
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
IRISH RAIDS
NETTED 800
Majority Of Persons Cap
tured Were Republican
Army Officers
|SINN FEN LEADERS
IN CITY ION THE RUN
Having Anticipated Dis
turbance Following TWad-
dells Assassination

Belfast. May % tBy the Associated
Press THE greatest raid in the re-
cent history of Ireland was carried
out early to-day when swarms Of po-
lice swept through Ulster and rounded
up 800 Sim Feiners, the majority of
whom were Irish republican army OLD
GERS.
The northern governments action
was taken, it was stated, in an effort
to suppress not only the Irish rspub-
lican army and the Irish republican
brotherhood, but all other Sim Fein
organizations in the six county areas.
The governments move follows
swiftly upon Irish republican army
raids and burnings of buildings in the
counties of Down and Antrim and the
intensified hostilities in Belfast re-
Gently eliminating in the murder yes
terday of w. J. Twaddell member Of
the Ulster parliament
Nearly every town and village in
Ulster was visited, but most OF the
prisoners were taken in the country
districts. Comparatively few captures
were made in Belfast, as most of the
republican army men living in the city,
anticipating action by the police as a
result of the Twaddell assassination,
had gone con the rnn.'
The captures include Capal Healy,
member of the Fermanagh county
council, and prominent Sim Fein lead
er in that district; Thomas Corrigan,
accountant for the Fermanagh county
council. Samuel Sheridan, chairman Of
the recently dissolved Newry board OF
guardians. and Eugene Gilligan, eoun-
ty councillor, who was the Sim Feiu
candidate in North Derry at the last
general election
II was officially stated at o'clock
this afternoon that 300 Sinn Feiners
had been taken prisoners and that
they would be interned.
Early to-day near Downpatriek,
county Down, ten members of the J..
r. A. elashed with a military search
ing party and a sharp fight ensued.
The Sim Feiners were captured and
one of them was mortally wounded
and another slightly wounded
A sergeant and constable OF Dro-
more were ambushed early to-day but
they succeeded in beating off their as
sailants. The sergeant was wounded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-23
COMPROMISE WAGE REJECTED.
Workers In Lawrence Mill Voted to
Reject II.

Lawrence. Mass, May 23.--The com
promise wage cut offer Of five per cent
made Yesterday by the Patchogue-
Plymouth mill officials TO their 400 en-
pIoyes was rejected by the workers
after a two hours deliberation this
noon.
Agent H. A. S. Read OF the mill con-
fers with committee Of his employees
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. This meet
ing was agreed to by Mr.. Read upon
the invitation of the committee.
Mr.. Read said that because the com
promise offer had been rejected il
would be withdrawn and that no
further compromise offers would be
made.