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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-07
SchOOlmateS Honor
, Miss Lois Goodwin

Miss LOIS Goodwin, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace M. Goodwin
of Main street was the happy
principal at a surprise party at her
home Thursday evening arranged
by a number of her close friends
and schoolmates in the 9th grade
of the Summer street school. Mrs.
Goodwin had been let into the sec
ret and the good things brought
by the guests were supplemented
by the mother Of the young host
ess. The supper table arranged
by Mrs. Goodwin was attractive
with its favorS of candy chickens
and hand-dccorated place cards.
A progressive hunt followed the
supper and Miss Lois search led
her to a distant room where she
found suspended from a door
gold bracelet, the gift of the lit
tie company and one absent
schoolmate, Mary Brooks, confined
TO her home by illness.
r. The party was arranged as
farewell to Miss Lois VINO with fier
mother leaves next week for New
bury. Her school friends present
included Jennie King, Gertrude
Howe, Marshall Miltimore, Ber-
nice Cutting. Beulah FLETCHER,
Howard Farmer, Carrie Goss, Eli
zabeth Murphy and William Chal-
merS.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-07
THIRD MILL CLOSES
IN LAWRENCE STRIkE f.

LAWRENCE, April The
patchougue-Plvmouth mills, manu-
facturcrs of fiber rugs, shut down
today as a result Of the STRIFE.
This is the third plant in this city
to close because of walks outs.
Last Saturday the Patchougu-
Plymouth Company declared a
wage cut which was announced a.
"about 10 per cent" but declared
by operatives to range from eight
to % per cent. The number of
operatives reporting for work to
dav at the cotton and WorStcd
mills, which are the objects of the
strike was still snail though slight
ly increased over Sunday. The
number in the picket lines incrcas-
ed considerably.
Only one disturbance at the
opening hour wa reported. Larcos
worker at the Pacific Print
Works. was set upOn by a gang Of
five men, one striking him with an
iron pipe. Larcos was severely,
though not seriously injured.
George Estaaos, agd 80. was later
arrested and charged with assault
upon Larcos with dangerous
weapon. Larcos claimed that Es-
tanoS was his assailant.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-07
QUESTIONS
CHAMPIONSHIP
TITLE OF ST. ].
Failure to Play Lyndon
vile Return Game
Starts Controversy

An exhibition game at Lyndon
vile by members of the former
American Legion-Company ID
team in which the st. Jhonsbury
five was defeated by Lyndonville
team by the score of 53 to "a,
seems to have stirred up quite a
little controversy in our neighbor-
ing town. Lyndonville is one of
the most sportsman like towns in
the state and is intensely loyal
to its home boys in all sorts of
athletics.
The American Legion-Company
ID team disbanded officially after
the game with the Burlington ALL
Stars at the Armory when they
earned the title of Vermont State
Champions by defeating every
well-organized team in the State.
The fact that members Of the team
played an exhibition game at Lyn-
donville later and was defeated
could hardly in real fairness bring
any question of the standard of the
st. Johnsbury team. IT would
seem doubtful if any rcccntlv Or
ganized team could defeated 50
well an organized and fast playing
quintet as the St. JohnSbury five.
However, in every sporting even
there is always two sides TO a
story The Caledonian-Record il
all fairness to good sports likes to
tell both sides of every contrverSy
The fair-mindcd fans will alway
pick out the real facts themselves.
The following interesting article
appeared this week in the Vermont
Union-Jounal, the weekly paper in
Lyndonvillc.
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of bond to pay the new ap-
pointces. A request from the com
missioner for $4,000 with which
to purchase six fast automobiles
for the detective bureau, was laid
over to tomorrow.
New York has less policemen,
Commissioner Enright says in pro-
portion to her size and population
than any other large city. London
has 21,000 policemen, or about one
to every 300 citizens New York
City has II, 800 policemen ,one for
every 515 citizens and including
transients, one for every 600
The police here cover 30d
square miles and 1900 miles of
streets.
Other developments in New
YOrk's crime wave and steps taken
to halt it were:
/. Governor Miller, in an in
terview at Albany, said that the
New York City police force is
very efficient one.
2. The New York Chamber of
commerce appointed committee
of which William McCarroll is
chairman, to cooperate with the
police in an effort to insure ade-
quate police protection for the
city.
3. Police Commissioner En-
right remained at his office all
night. He declined to say what
he was engaged in.
4. District Attorney Banton eX-
pressed his pleasure at being held
partly responsible by the govern
or for the enforcement of law in
New York, and declared he would
do his utmost to bring New York
"out Of the troubles that seem to
beset it,
5. Three armed bandits in an
auto robbed a druggist in Brook
lyn of $3,775 in money, checks,
and iewelry, and an unarmed ban
dit in Long Island City held up d
woman on the street and stole
500 in cash from her.
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MASTERS
JEWEL GIVEN
ARTHUR M. LANG
Apron of First Worship
full Master Presented
BY Mrs. Jewett

Two interesting features of the
annual election of officers of Pas
sumpsic Lodge No. 27, f. and
A. NJ, at the Masonic Temple
Thursday evening were presenta-
tions of the apron of DR.. Calvin
Jewett, and a Past Masters jewel
to Arthur ri. Lang, the retiring
Worshipful Master.
The apron was presented to the
lodge by Mrs. Milo A. Jewett, now
of Newbury, and was the proper
ty of Dir. Calvin Jewett, the first
Worshipful Master Of the lodge in
1852. This descended to his
grandson, the late Milo A. Jcwett,
recently consul at Norway and
previously at Sivas, Turkey. The
apron is an attractive frame and
will be d valuable addition to the
souvenirs and pictures in the
Masonic Temple.
The Past Masters jewel was
presented to Arthur M. Lang by
Edgar II. Brown. The latter
spoke most appreciatively of Mr..
Lang's interest in Masonry and
Mr.. Lang responded with much
feeling Mr.. Lang has a most
creditable Masonic record. He
has just retired from a year of
service as Worshipful Master of
Passumpsic Lodge, No. 27, F. and
A. NJ. He is d member of Has
we'll Chapter, No. II, II. A. NJ. !;
Deputy Master of Caledonia Coun-
Gil, No. 13, X. and S. M; recorder
of Palestine Commandery, No. 5,
X. T.; member of Mizpah Lodge
of Perfection, A A. S. r.; Yer
mont Consistory, A A. S. r., of
Burlington, Mount Sinai Temple,
No 8, A. A. N. M. s., of Mont
pelier. He is Past Patron of Mys-
tic Star Chapter, No. 20, O. L. S.,
and Past Grand Patron of the
Grand Chapter, Order of the East
ern Star of Vermont.
At the election which preceded
these presentations these officers
were elected and appointed.
W. NJ, Renwick II. Cutting.
S. W., Morton j, Reed.
J. W., Edgar r. Brown.
Treas, Fred G. Beck.
Secy., Fred II. DolloT.
S. D., A. W. Hawkinson
J. d., Theo Fl. Carr
Tyler, O. c. Chamberlain.
Chaplain, +. f. Humphrey.
Marshal, Guy kneeland.
Il S. s., George Hinman.
j. S., J. f. Nelson
Finance Co., Roy N Howard, G..
+. Woods, Charles w. Ruiter.
Grievance Com, G. A. Massey,
Arthur e, Spraguc, George F.
Cheney.
Electricians, r. G. Cheney Will
liam Mcdonald
Pianists, Ralph Z. Howes, John
S. Kendall
The above officers were duly in
stalled by Past Master Fred II.
Dollof with Fred c. Beck as
Marshall.
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NEWPORT TO
HAVE CLEANUP
CAMPAIGN
Many Activities Come Be-
fore Chamber of
Commerce

At the regular meeting of the
directors of the Newport Chamber
of Commerce, held Wednesday
evening in the city council rooms,
thirteen of the fifteen directors
were present.
In addition to the regular rout-
inc business of the meeting, it was
voted that the annual banquet be
Rendered to the road commissioners
of Orleans County, the details OF
which was to be left to the eff
cicnt banquet committee: Earle W
Davis, O. S. Searles, w. J. Goss
DR.. S. W F. Hamilton, f. c.
Tinkham.
Another rather important step
was the decision to Join the Yer
mont Hotel Association. This or
ganization has been and is doing
much good work in the way of
publicity and advertising Vermont.
A. M. Bowen of the Newport
House was elected a delegate TO
attend the annual meeting of the
Association held in Rutland today
C. S. Emery, president of the
Chamber of Commerce is to ap-
point a special committee to inau-
gurate a Cleanup Campaign fol
Newport and make it a "Spotles'
Town"
The Chamber of Commerce now
numbers about two hundred. The
membership committee who have
tbeen carrying on an active can
vass for sometime presented the
following names which were ac-
cepted for membership: Mayor W
Lindsay, O. G.. Hardy. c. Earl
Lewis, g. w. Hamilton, pr. f. H
Mills, Preston H. Lee, c. J. Har-
rison, d c. Stevens, Chester
Mooney, Alphonse N, Asseln, G.
c. Leavitt, f. ID. MCGOWAN, O. M.
Spaulding and Leslie Flint.
The following names are with
drawn by reason of removal: J. J.
Deane, B. H. Hagar, f. E. Hill
r. d. Howe, H W. Keith, f E.
Paddleford, Oscar J. Prouty, Will
lam Lawson.
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the movie than the spoken drama.
The influence Of the movie today,
declares Il noted educator, is
greater than the pulpit and stage
combined, and some even go so
far as to include the home. Child
training, said Mr. Chadbournc, is
almost a lost art in the home.
Too many parents let the child
rem get their training unattended
at the movies without knowing
what poison they are taking in.
Speaking of the effect of the
movies on the children he spoke
first of the good films. He thor
oughly endorsed the news features
and declared the traVelogucs were
mighty fine as an education to
young and old. He said our lead
ing educational institutions were
making great strides along these
lines in using films to teach geo
graphy, biology and the other sci
ences. If our genial viii Hays
will produce more educational
films and also export them then
the European people will not
think that we Americans are one
big nation of fools. That is what
one man told me over there when
we were discussing this subject.
Then there arc series of films
from good literature like "Blach
Beauty, "Jcan Vatican, "Hucklc-
berry Finn, "Dr, Jckyll and Mr..
Hyde. The stories in the boot;
may not appeal to the children,
but seen on the screen it is flash
ed on the retina and Transmitted
to the soul.
You can't deny the fact that
there arc bad films, that is, bad
in their effect on boys and girls.
These include the vulgar comedies
stories of the underworld and
crime, serial thrillcrs and scX
films. Editors comment on the
low drift of the movies, Woman's
Clubs are sccthing with indigna-
ton at what is thrown on the
screen. The stunts of Charlie
Chaplin and "Fatty" Arbuckle
CONTINUED on page two)
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responsibility for the quality and
character of the pictures rested
ultimately with the people of St.
Johnsbury-the town and village
fathers, the preachers, the bust
ness men, the Woman's Club.
Fundamentally it's up to the
women if they don't issue their
fiat against this awful danger,
which, if not controlled, will pro-
duce millions of wrecks in the
years to come"
Rev. George w. Hylton CON
Quoted a brief devotional service
after which Mr.. Chadbourne
spoke for an hour on the subject
announced. AS an introduction
he spoke of the extent of the
problem. The art of the motion
picture is so vivid that its effect
upon the impressionablc minds of
children and youth is tremendous.
This then is our problem today:
First, a force that must be rccOg-
nized and understood by both
parents and educators. Second,
the effect of this force upon chill
dren must be studied. Third,
What can you do as an individual
or "A club to bring about a proper
solution of this problem.
There are 10000 motion picture
houses in the United States alone
and the industry is the fourth or
fifth in the country. This repre-
sents a turn over of one billion
dollars a year with a steadily in
crcasing income. 1t represents a
great financial force that must be
rcckoncd with.
1t is strongly intrcnchcd in the
financial life of our nation and
20,000,000 people, young and
old, spend from one to
three hours a day in
these theaters. The influence of
the movies is greater than all the
pulpits, stages, lecture halls and
books. The American film pro
ducers have a grip on the world S
supply and we export annually
enough films to girdle the earth
twice at the equator. Thus The
American people are accountable
for lot of mischief done in other
lands. | have seen some ol
these American made films in
England and France and bowed
my head in shame and left tho
hall in disgust.
The greatest actors on the
spoken word reach thousands
while the screen pictures reach
millions. When a salacious film
that draws a crowd can appear in
10000 theaters in a season ho1'
much greater is the influence OF
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CERVAIS TELLS
HOW HE LOST
HIS FARM
Seeks to Recover In New
port Court $4,000 Per-
sOnal Property

At the Thursday sesson of Or
leans County court, the case Of
Zelon Gervais VS.. the Barton Saw
ings Bank and Trust Co., and
Clarence Kelley of Derby Line, was
begun.
The case is one of trove in which
Zelon Gervais seeks torecover from
the Barton Savings Bank and
Trust Co., and Clarence Kelley the
sum of $4,000.
The case begun Thursday morn
ing is likely to take' several days
of the courts time and will prob
ably last until the middle of next
week.
Gervais, who is French Cana
dian does not speak much En~lish
took the witness stand in the fore
noon of Thursday. Ernest La
Mothe acted as interpreter. His
story is substantially that he
(Cnpt,11oJ IN nuno AZ
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MANY C0LORS
FOUND IN
SPRING HATS
Millinery Stores Filled
With Attractive Eas-
ter BOnnetS

(By Miss Gertrude Menut)
In the spring young maids
fancy turns-not lightly to
thoughts Of hats. This is true of
the whole army of maids, young
and old, married and single, and
the hat question is the burning
one Of the season. Whatever
else woman possesses or docs
not possess her soul Graves a new
Easter bonnet. It is the true en-
lem of spring. st. Johnsbury mil
liners in common with the milliu-
erS the country over, make ample
provision for the Easter season
and the shops never offered more
attractive lines than right now.
Hats big and little, hats of vivid
hue and Of the more sober tones,
hats for all ages ana sizes are
shown at the Barquin and Sealey
parlors. While this is essentially
a color season, many blacks and
two toned browns, grayS and blue
combinations are shown. This
firm makes a speciality too of chill
dren's hats and the showing in
this department is particularly
good These run to the tailored
hats of black, blue and brown,
some of them flower trimmed.
Tinscl stray and horse hair with
painted flowers and hand decorat-
ed quilts are used to lovely effect
in some of the more striking and
drcesy hats. MASSES of flowers and
fruit give a summery effect to
Others, accenting the new shade
Of yellow, Blue and soft, golden
browns. This firm handles only
pattern hats, chief of which arc
the Gage, Symphony and Brown
ing hats.
"The colors most in demand
here said Miss l.. Dutil of the
Dutil Millinery "are navy, brown
and henna. and the handmade
hats are the popular ones. hats
of straw webbing combined with
silk and other materials, iiower
and quill trimmed" This applies
to the dress hats. The sport hats,
(Continued on page ~
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(ContiGled on page a.
FARMER ACCUSED OF
MURDER DIES SUDDENLY

CUNCOKDIN, Kansas, Ap1I 7
L. H. Trcmblay, farmer living
near st. Joseph, five of whose sons
were cut with aan xe early Tues
day morning resulting in the death
Of one and the probable fatal in
jury of three others, was found
dead this morning in a ncighbor's
house where he had been staying
since the crime. No trace Of poison
was found about the body. A coro-
ncr'S investigation has been order
ed. Experts from the state prison
put Tremblav under a severe grill
ing last night in connection with
the crime.
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TOOK POISON TABLETS
BECAUSE OUT OF WORK

IFVN y " " IIIII VI .. Y VI y TT
Dulong. of Arlington, young wo-
man is in a serious condition at the
City Hospital odav a sthe result of
taking poison tablets After taking
five tablets she called for doctor.
All the police could learn about her
was that she had been in New
Hampshire and had come to Bos-
ton looking for work. Failing to
find a position she became des-
pondent and took the poison.
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VERDICT OF
$9,537.S7 in
SUGAR CASE
Newport Man Was Sued
BY HOlbrOOk Grocery
Co. of Keene

The jury in the Holbrook Hamb-
lett sugar case came i'll Friday
noon at Montpelier with Il
verdict in favor of the
Holbrook Grocery Company TO
recover 81, ,537.S7. The jury had de-
libratcd on The case for 26 hours.
They came in early Friday morn
ing and reported IA disagreement,
hut, after additional instructions
from the court, retired, and after
spending the forenoon on the case,
came in at noon with heir decision.
The $4,000 sugar contract case
Of Holbrook Grocery Company Of
keene, N. r., and Woodaville, N.
H., vs. Ralph Hamblett, a Newport
grocer went to the jury at 1880
O'Clock Thursday moning in u. S.
Continued on page twO)
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A. Il. NOyes Co. Purchases
Hastings InS. Business

The A. B. Noyes Insurance Co.
has purchased of Henry c. Boyn-
ton, special administrator, the
fire insurance business Of the late
Charles S. Hastings, and will add
the excellent line OF companies
he represented to the already
large list of companies for which
the Noycs agency is the local rep
rcsentativc.
The Hastings agency was the
oldest in town and Mr.. Hastings
was tho oldest insurance man in
town, having established his
agency in 1887.
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REPUBLICAN ARMY
DESTROYED WHTSKEY

DUBLIN, Ire April 7--5OOUOO
gallons of wine and whiSkey were
destroyed last night by members
of the Irish Republican Army
who forced their way into the bond
ed stores of the customs house here
it was stated today. An official es-
timated the revenue loss at nearly
z, 100000 pounds.
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HOCKIN is ALLEGED
EXPLOSIVE AGENT

LOS ANGELES, April Her
bert S. Hockin, under arrest here
on charge of having tried to
influence venircmen, in the second
trial of Arthur C. Burch, for the
murder of J. Belton Kennedy, is
said by court attaches TO be the
man, who with % other men, was
convicted at indianapolis for con-
spiracy to ship explosives unlaw-
fully and passenger trains several
years ago. Hawkins is an opera
tive of a private detective agency.
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SOME REAL
FACTS ABOUT
THE RETAILER
Food for Thought for the
Person Who Kicks
About Prices

People pay $4,000 for a suit of
clothes and claim that the price
is unreasonable because the suit
contains only $500 worth of raw
wool
The clothing manufactures
answers by stating that it is the
high cost Of labor which makes
the cost of the suit.
But great many people are
not satisfied with this answer,
Continued on page 81
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SAYS DEMOCRATS BLAZED
TRAIL FOR REPUBLICANS s

AUGUSTA. Me, April The
Republican National admini7tra-
ton and its work was declared by
James b. u. Perkins Of Boothbay
Harbor in his speech "a chairman
of the Democratic State conven-
ton here today to have met with
public approval only in those in
stances in which the trail was
blazcd by President Wilson. He
continued:
"Among these are Mesopotamia
Mexico the ratification of the
treaty with Columbia, the refusal
TO terminate existing commercial
treaties with foreign countries. the
establishment of an international
court and conference for a limita-
ton of armament. Nothing was c.
complished by this conference that
could not have been accomplished
months aco had the peace treaty
been ratified.
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LONDON, April Prime Min
lister Lloyd George headed Il
party of twenty, including his
wife and their daughter, which
left today for Genoa the scene of
the international Economic con
ference which opens next Monday.
Mr. Lloyd George will confer with
Premier Poincare i'm Paris.
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B & M SHORTAGE
SMALLER THAN
, LAST YEAR
Net Loss S7,34S,0S6 Com
pared with S17,132,4S1
Last Year

The annual report of the Boston
and Maine railroad, Just made
public, charactcrizcs the transport
tation act of 1920 as "thc most
constructive piece of transporta-
ton legislation since the begin
ming of federal regulation in
1897" 1t says that the discourage
ing results of railroad operation
in 1921 "should not be interpre-
ted as failure of the principles
of the act"
Continued on page 81
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Basket Ball Game Off
Local Fans Disappointed

The local basket ball fans are
somewhat stirred up over the ac-
ton of the st. Johnsbury basket
ball team in "squaking out" of the
game that was arranged to be play
cd here with Lyndonville next Fri
day evening. These teams played
in Music hall last week Tuesday
evening, Lyndonville winning So
TO "a.
The local team was only recent
ly organized and has had little
chance to practice or develop team
work and the showing against the
strong St. Johnsbury organization
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX
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Continued on page six)
TWO BOSTON MEN IN
OH, FRAUDS SURRENDER +

BOSTON. April 7--Chipman f.
Babcock and Frank Bernard of
this city, two of the 10 oil men in
dicated b ythe federal grand jury
in connection with its invcstiga-
ton of the Petroleum Oil Corpora
ton surrendered today and were
released on $500 bail
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GIRL SHOOT FATHER
FOR ABUSING MOTHEP z

ST. LOUIS, April miss Maud
A. Ritchie, Is years old, a tele-
phone operator, today shot and
seriously wounded her father
George A. Ritchie, So, a butcher,
who, she asserted, was abusing her
mother.
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that fell flaming to the ground.
The French airplane piloted by
Aviator Meyer aided by me
chanic, was carrying three pas
scngers. 1t left Bourdet in the
enWrons of Paris at noon for Lon
don. The British airplane which
left Croydon in the London area
this morning carried mail and was
manned only by a pilot.
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London and Paris Airplanes Fall To
Earth In Flames With PASSENGERS
Planes Crash In Mid-Air When 20
Miles North of Paris---Both
Pilots Killed
(By the Associated Pressl

PARIS April THE Paris and London aerial expresses
colded In ndar this afternoon the village of Phieoy
70 miles north of Paris The pilot of both apanes three
passengers and mechanic were killed in the wreckape
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"Wear-Evcr Aluminium

Moro Puddilg Pans arrived 4ac
A Few Double Boilers left Sl.9e
Also Frr- pare 9aC
THE PECK COMPANY
80 Railroad St Hardware Tel. 4l2-M.
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Parents Are Responsible
For Bad Motion Pictures
Declares Mr.. Chadbourne

In splendid address "lhe Movies and the Children
before the of St JohnSbuy at Grace Methodist
church Thursday afternoon j. p ChadbOume preacher and
Y M. c. A. worker told them in closing that the