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Williams news., 1922-06-23

Miss Lava Sughrue came up from Clarkdale this week to spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. Michael Duffy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
WILLIAMSTOWN

Congregational church, Sunday serv
ice at l0:45. There will be special
music by the choir. Sermon topic
Redemption Waits for the Appearing
OF the Sons of Good" Sunday school
at IL m. If you'd children do not at
tend any Sunday school we invite you
to send them to our school. Union
service in the Methodist church at 1880.
A half hour OF good singing, followed
by ten minutes address.
The sophomore basketball team Of
Spaulding high school defeated the
local high school team Jan. 10, by a
score OF 81 to Q. The Spaulding boys
put up one Of the dirtiest games seen
in Williamstown this season, and their
conduct was not what was expected
from team representing Spaulding
high school. As they were not in charge
Of their regular coach or instructor,
there is some doubt as to whether pr
not they were the regular team. How
ever, our boys put up good fight and
are 10 he commended ON their clean,
snappy game. THE above was con
tributed, not by the regular cores.
pondentl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
INCOME TAX BLUNDER
lincoln Motor Car Company Victim
of the Tax. System.

The average man doesn't like the
idea that some unknown auditor hid
den away in a corridor of the tax bu-
reau is able to make strange decisions
and throw the burden of disproof and
the costs of litigation on the unfortu-
nate victim.
See how the system worked out for
the Lincoln Motor company. This con-
Germ bought from the war department
an airplane plant for So per cent OF its
original cost. Some bright young man
in the tax office ruled that the tax
should be assessed not at the price the
war department had been glad to get,
hut at the 100 per cent original valua-
tion. But that wasn't all. The same
Or another tax genius ruled that the
as per cent which the company did not
pay for the plant was profit. taxable
vt the maximum of so per cent. Thus
before a bolt or hub cap had been
made in the plant, it had, for tax .pur-
poses made a tremendous profit--al-
most as much as the plant cost.
The results were disastrous from the
company's standpoint.
At a time when its heads were ne.
Rotating a loan the treasury present.
ed ''pay-now" demand for s4,50o.000
in taxes.
II was far greater than the company
had figured, the loan fell through, and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
NEW USE FOR A SHELL.
Is Used in Better Class Philippine
House for Window Glass.

The placenta shell, found in abund-
dance in the southern Philippine Is
lands, offers unique practical aud
decorative resource in home <adorn-
ment.
Being fairly fiat and roughly cir
cular, translucent and up to three
inches in diameter and about one-
sixteenth inch thick, the placenta shell
serves the better class Of Philippine
house in place of glass. The strong
tropical light is pieasingly modified as
it passes through the shell-panes held
together by wooden strips or lead bands
A gentleman who has lived in Manila
and travelled the Philippines extensive
ly says that windows Of placents
shells are almost the invariable rule
in houses that have covered windows,
very little commercial glass being
used in the islands.
Decoratively, the placenta she'll
should find many uses II il already
being worked up BY the Philippines.
under American direction, into lamp
shade frames in most pleasing shapes.
The shells are being imported into San
Francisco. the freightage being about
SIS per ton equivalent to about forty
cubic feet of spacel They are being
sold in Frisco &C s25 per 1000 shells,
chiefly to repair objects in placenta
shell that have Income damaged in
transit from Manila.
1t seems that the placenta she'll
might find limited application in
furniture, as in cabinet door inserts of
medaIlions in pnaels, in wood or metal
screens where the vision but not the
light is to be barred.
But the greatest use of this uncious-
Iv beautiful she'll would seem to lie in
the domain OF the lighting fixture and
lamp industry. where effects can be
produced by transmitted light in sure
and most charming manners.
Since the shells are light gray in
color value, they viii harmonic in any
environment. In fact, they will take
on the tonal character of any environ
ment in which they are placed with
out obtruding their color into the pic
ture. In this respect they may be
found even more useful than the far
framed alabaster Of ancient days.
The virtues Of the placenta shell as
as illuminant are worthy Of inyestiga-
ton BY the lighting fixture industry
Good Furnishing Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
The Sovereign Right to Talk.

The more severe the pressure OF
work, the greater the need of floods
of irrelevant talk. That seems to he
the motto of the United States Senate.
It never had before il larger list OF
important bills. II never killed so
much time with so much idle discourse
This has become subtle form of OBJ
structing the public business. Senators
do not openly advocate a blockade OF
the calendar, but their endless yoicing
Of all the thoughts that arise IN them
does in fact blockade Il. This was rec
ognized by Senator Jones of Wash
ington, who proposed the remedy Of a
rule requiring senator to speak to the
question before the Senate.
The suggestion was received With a
gasp, as If Il were something revolu-
tionary. Senator King of Utah IS
against al rules TO limit debate in the
Senate. or to compel speaking TO the
question, for the conclusive reason that
senators are representatives of Sow
ereign statesr and as such oughtnot 10
be interfered with in any way when
they rise 20 witch the world with no.
BILE ocatory.-New York Times.
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Is a result the company went into

as result the company went into
bankruptcy.
In addition almost dozen other
companies were pulled down into bank
ruptcy web the larger concern. The
tax case was appealed, the company
OF course paying the cost.
In the short space of less than 30
days the decision was reversed and the
taxes reduced by four million dollars
But the decision. quick as it WAS
comes too late The usual proceedings
in bankruptcy must go on, the news
of failure hurts the sale of new cars,
the damage has been done.
Nor is there anything in the decision
to put back on their feet Immediately
the other smaller companies which suf-
fered also through the mistake. When
some unknown clerk can make a quick
decision, overrllled short time later,
which has in the meantime, ruined a
large company and its smaller depend
ents, and thrown large number OF
men out OF work, it doesn't seem right
TO the average citizen.-printers Ink.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21

hulclHe, Hoiniclue anu autoiiooiic "eSi7
dents.
While the 1921 figures may in part
be traceable in exceptional circum-
stances, there is every reason to be-
lieve they represent two important
drifts in the attitude OF the race to-
ward itself. decrease in one year
from 65,96l to 40.Gl3 deaths attribu-
table to respiratory diseases is signi-
ficant. So is the fact that while tubcr
culosis now claims one In every nine
policy holders, ii claimed one in every
four but 10 years ago. The age ct
science has found weapons TO repulse
many an i'll of which human flesh was
once the inevitable prey.
But il has also given men new
playthings and tangled them in
strange and harassing form Of exist
ence. Man Of the airplane, motor car,
the office, and the factory is finer
edged than he was. He has more in
struments with which to harm him
self. and il his capacity for restraint
Il no less than it was the strain upon
il ii greater. His tendency toward
greater seifrdestrnction is definite or
course. it need not be permanent The
increase in what might be called traf-
iic deaths is largely due the careless
ness. Laws and administration of the
laws touching accidents can improve
away the increase in deaths due to
such causes. The problem of homi-
eide Is also susceptible of treatment.
The skill which man has been able
to bring to his fight against disease Is
as potentially useful in the obvious
battle to be waged against the careless
and vicious Of his own kindNcw
York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
WEBSTERVILLE

John Fugerc went Tuesday 10 La
coma, ". H., where he has secured en-
ployment.
Mrs. Alton Rock and two children re-
turned to their home in Boston this
week after a six months stay here
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rock.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lee, who had
been visiting the latter's grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Amedy, re-
turned to their home in Winooski yes
terday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
Head Ached and Body Ached.

There are various symptoms OF KID
ney Embellishments pains, back
ache, sore muscles. stiff joints, and sal
ways tired feeling. Mrs. Geo. Morgan,
f. Fairfield. VT. writes: my head
aehed and my whole body ached so
could not sleep. Foley Kidney Pills
gave me relief" They hea. and
strengthen weak, disordered kidneys
and bladder and help them in their
work of altering the blood and casting
out of the system the impurities that
cause pain and disease. Prompt IN ac-
tor. Sold everywhere.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
1DAM4NT

Roscoe Campbell il chopping wood
with Myrl Lawrence
Herbert Hood and Frank Hood spent
the week end in Woodbury..
Thomas Washburn and George Bart
lett OF New Jersey were at Mrs.
Kings Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Chesney Patch and daughter,
Winnie, are at Walter Patch's for a
time.
Herbert Hood was business visitor
in Montpelier Thursday.
James Ferris is visiting his mother,
Jennie Ferris
Mrs. Walter Patch has been having
severe cold and cough.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
The Healthiest Year.

Insurance company, statistics. Gov
ering 27000,000 persons, make 1921 the
healthiest year in the history of the
United States and Canada. The death
rate among policy holders dropped dur
ing that period from $50 per thousand
TO SPA per thousand. Influenza ali but
disappeared Tuberculosis, pneumonia.
Brights disease. rfeasles. whooFing
cought typhoid fever. and numerous
other ailments brought fever persons
to their graves than in 1920 despite a
rising birth rate and a growing popula-
ton. The only discouraging fact was
considerable increase OF deaths by
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
Card Of Thanks.

We hereby wish to express our sin.
cere thanks to the neighbors and
friends for their Kindness and sym
pathy: to Dr. L. II. Bailey and nurse,
Miss Marie Morrison. for their prompt
attention and good care during the ill
ness and death of our beloved mother
and aunt, also for the many beautiful
flowers.
Harold Greene.
Mrs. Nellie Casey and family
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
Cured Ny Father.

Malone. \. Y. Sept. 5, 1917.
A. J. Phillips. Norwood, n. Y.
My Dear Sir. You viii remember
that my father tok. your a. J. p.
Rheumatic Remedy several years ago.
he was not able 10 walk but after he
took your remedy ne was entirely
cured and has not had any rheumatism
since. icu know he y eighty years
old. ] knew of many Others here That
have been cured. The A. y. 2. Rheu-
matte Remedy i what they need il
they have rheumatism.
Sincerely yours.
A. 7. Nelson.
Your druggist has it.-Ads.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
Progress in the Wild and Woody.

Tenderfoot--You say times have
changed.
Montana Desperado-Yep. 4 few
years ago when l reached toward my
hip every one in sight scattered and
hunted something crawl under. But
times have changed. Now they all
crowd around and begin smacking
their lips.--Waysidc Tales.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
Granite Cutters international Associa-
tion Of America.

A regular meeting Of the Barre
branch of @. G. ]. A. of A. will be held
in Clan Gordon hall.
Una ruinione regolare deli Unione
degli Scalpellini branch di Barre av-
ra' lougo nella salls di Clan Gordon.
On Monday evening, Jan. %. 1922, at
: O'Clock.
J. McKernan. secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
More Than Can Be Expected.

The precocious child had been read
ing the reports of the world conference
in Washington.
Father, " he asked, what is shan
tungf"
II give it up, my son." replied the
bewildered parent II can't keep
track OF all these ncwfangled soft
drinks.--Judgc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21

wANTED-A u.n - work IN fb- uoo1s
sti6din< lors .ith hcrue. arriy r. =. A.
NrArisF. Washiartrn. VI 1s1i1-
Chur1k strE4ts. rtIts hszry v1ruarl le1-
Eir. fnlef pAe@ee ret1rn 10 tke Ifr.z e.
A. ~Eens1s
WIIf TIE PARTY 40 e1rhsnxrf 49,
rzir - ia1ies cgeIsts.ra sire g IL 4 fcr
lslr q - m at ~ aa-rs darr- T-urs-
a. nielt aiotg eal tt1-R- ~ ioe.e.sz-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21

~Whnt makes you think that hand
some nnssc te4rher l. merccnxryt-
lie ciarEes Betty father = an
hour lcT making love 20 her. boston
Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
peep stuff.

Offended lsdy-That shopkeeper in
suited me. He said he kept everything
N his shop / could think Of.
Policeman Well. where is the insult,
ma'amS
Offended lady-When | looked in
his shop it was empty.-New York
Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
Wen EourisAsd

-Edith has : remarkably swest
r.s.inr~
-Si.s orrtt - have. u hss e~t ore
sbsuf siafv r,ounts 81 candy IN ihe
last ga 1l1nits -Bcsto1 Trans1lVi-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21

A religious film and a Pathe review
win be the pictures at Universalisl
clr-rch SUNDAY evening. 7;l5 o'clock.
You are invitcd.--adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21

dearest. am not worthy Of you.
That's what mother says Jack, dear.
How lovcly to see you two agreeing.
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-21
BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, JANUARY q, 1922.
The Weather

Snow this afternoon and probably
tonight; Sunday cloudy; little change
in temperature; moderate variable
winds.
The Washington times., 1922-02-12
Tragedy of the Late
Czarinds Coronation.

It Is interesting to recall the tragic ex-
perience that happened to the young Gar
ina Immediately after her coronation. Dur
ing the week following the coronation she
frequently wore the necklace of Catherine.
A great public feast was held. according to
the ancient custom, in an open space called
the Khodinka Field, about two miles from
Moscow, Hundreds of thousands of pei.
pie gathered here and the Gar was to be
present. A great panic took place and tho
people tried to run away. 1t happened that
a deep ditch had been dug round the field
and the fleeing people fell into this and
crushed one another to death. Hundreds
Of them were killed-SO0, it was said.
The dead bodies were thrust out Of sight
and many Of them were lying under the
pavilion from which Car Nicholas later
addressed the people. He was in ignorance
Of what had happened a,
splendid ball had been planned that
night at the French Embassy to do honor
to the new Car and Czarina. In spite of the
great catastrophe that had happened the?
attended this ball The CZarina wore the
necklace of Catherine the Great. II is said
that the monarch was still in ignorance OF
the disaster that had happened, but, in any
case, their appearance at such a festivitv.
under the circumstances was one OF the
FACTORS that contributed 10 their uOw11al'.
The exact history of the necklace since
the death of the late Car has not been
fully revealed. 1t was seized In 1917 by
the Bolshevik government with the princi.
pal Russian crown jewels, and evidently
later sold by the revolutionists privately.
Thus It came on the market and the owners
waited until a purchaser rich enough to
buy 1t should appear
In 1920 the Dodge brothers had settled
their dispute with Henry Ford, whereby
they received $27,OO0,00O for their interest
in his business. After this event Horace
Dodge promised his wife the finest neck.
lace in the world as a recognition of her
great help in making his fortune.
He then purchased the necklace Of Cata.
crime the Great from the Carriers, the jew.
ellers of New York and Paris They had
in turn obtained It from the Benguiat
brothers. dealers in antiques. Their pay.
ment was to be fixed according to the price
received by the Carriers They allege that
they have received payment only accord
ing to a sale price Of $S25,000, whereas
they claim the sum actually received by
the Carriers was $1500,000. The Benguiats
have begun a law suit on this ground.
The jewel is described in the suit as ~
ive-row necklace OF 389 perfectly gradu.
ated pearls, weighing 1905 grains, with
enamel clasp representing Catherine, En-
press of Russia"
The Washington times., 1922-02-12
Startling Trail of Murder, Disaster,
Misery and Misfortune Which
Has Followed the Owners Of
for Centuries Told by
Owned and Wore the

first it finally became known that The pur-
chaser was Mrs Anna Thompson Dodge.
widow of one of the multi-millionaire auto
mobile manufacturers of Detroit.
This pearl necklace contains 3se pearls and
weighs more than 1000 grains May Yohe
has studied the history of many of the worlds
most famous jewels, and she reveals here to-
day the extr aordinary list Of misfortunes
which have overtaken those who were asso-
ciated with these matchless pearls. She writes:
I'm many ways the history of The great
necklace and the famous diamond are Curl
ously alike-in some respects it seems to me
the tragedies bound up with the Empress's
pearls are more terrible, more savagely cruel.
Not all the heaped-up millions of the Dodge
family would tempt me to touch the fatal
necklace even with the tip of my shoe"
The Washington times., 1922-02-12

n EADERS of these pages some months
X ago will recall the series of articles
on the Course" of the Hope Diamond
by May Yohe, who at one time wore the ILL
fated jewel while she was the wife of Lord
Francis Hope.
The long list of disasters which pursued
the various owners of this Inflated gem for
hundreds of years is matter of historic
record.
A few days ago law suit in the New York
courts brought to light the fact that another
famous and historic bit of jewelry has also
had record of misfortune almost as remark
able as the Hope Djamond-the celebrated
pearl necklace of wicked old Empress Cath.
crime II. of Russia.
Although the name of the American woman
who bought the necklace was not revealed at
The Washington times., 1922-02-12

ton of her father-in-law, Gar Alexander
II. by the Nihilists.
Her husband, Alexander ILL.,, then ascend
ed the throne and 1t became her right to
wear the famous necklace whenever she
wished. From the beginning of their reign
the Gear was subjected to attempts to as
sassinate him. 1t is said that there were
not less than forty-eight distinct attempts
to kill him.
In all these dangers the proud Czarina
shared. She had the unhappiness OF seeing
one son grow up a consumptiSe and an
other a nervous wreck, his condition caused
by the perils to which she had been con.
stantly subjected. Her husband himself
died Of disease induced by the terrors OF
his position.
In the autumn of her life. involved in
Bolshevik revolution, she had the agony
Of knowing the cruel fate that had be-
fallen her son Nicholas H. his wife and all
his children. The Empress Marie escaped
from Russia with a handful Of her trinkets.
To-day she is living in little villa in Den.
mark, overcome by the horror of all that
has happened to her.
II Is scarcely necessary to dwell on the
tragedy that has befallen the Czarina Alex
andra, who persisted with her husband and
all her children at Ekaterinburg in 1918.
According to the reports which have
reached Us the Gear and Czarina, their four
daughters and their only son, after their
long Imprisonment, were shot like dogs in
the cellar and then the house was burned
down with their bodies.
The Washington times., 1922-02-12
The Curse Upon
GATHERINGS EnfOura0e.

II seems that all the evil influence which
tradition attributes to the jewel was con.
centrated in the Empress, who wore II.
and produced its deadly effects on those
about her, while not apparently affecting
her directly.
Immediately after DOMINIC the necklace
with pride and JOY, Catherine became in.
volved in the shocking murder of her bus.
band, Car Peter ILL.,, who was the sole
obstacle to her exercising supreme power
In Russia. The Gar, who was feeble
minded and drunkard, had incurred
great unpopularity in Russia. His wife
spent her time with the viIlanous and
murderous Orion brothers and band of
licentfous favorites.
Taking advantage OF moment of pub
lie disorder, Alexis Orion and other crea.
lures Of Catherine kidnapped the Car in
his palace and imprisoned him secretly,
AT first they gave him poison. He was
of strong physique, discovered that he was
poisoned and cried for milk. They tried
TO force him to take more poison, but he
refused.
Then" says the historian, ,Durand
"the Cars valet dared to intercede for
his royal master, but the miscreants forced
this dangerous witness to retire, and con.
tinued their ill-treatment. In the midst
of the scuffle the youngest Of the Princes
Bariatensky, who commanded the guard.
eptered the room. Orion had thrown the
Car upon his back and pressed his nee
upon his breast; with one hand he seized
his throat, and clenched his head with the
other. Bariatensky and Teplof then
passed napkin about his neck with a
Continued on Merit Page.)
The Washington times., 1922-02-12

Soon after Mrs. Dodge received the great
necklace Horace Dodge died from a mys.
ferrous Illness following a big banquet.
His brother, John F. Dodge, also died from
a similar cause
This remarkable, necklace, probably the
most beautiful in existence, was the chief
ornament of the vast jewel collection of
Catherine the Great. Collecting Jewels was
one OF the greatest of her passions and she
used all her immense wealth and power to
enrich her collection.
- According to historical memoirs the great
jewel was arranged in seven rows in the time
Of Catherine. II has undergone many
changes since then and some points in its
history are still involved in mystery The
greater part Of the necklace originally
hung around one of the columns in the
throne room of the Great Mogul at Delhi.
1t witnessed the sack Of the palace and
the slaughter of the Mogul and his harem
II was captured by Persian chieftain
and stolen from him by French office,
who murdered him. Alexis Orloff, the ter
rible favorite of the Empress Catherine,
bought 1t from the Frenchman Tor s250. 900
In order to present II to the Empress az
an Incompatible gift. The Frenchman had
not enjoyed his wealth three months when
the despoiled Hindus tracked him down
and murdered him in his bed.
To the original Hindu necklace Cath.
crime added a number of other famous
pearls in order to perfect its matchless
beauty.
1t may be urged that the Empress Cath
crime the Great, the first Russian sovereign
VINO owned the necklace, was not alto
gether unlucky and did not demonstrate
the evil influence of the jewel 1t appears
that the ill-luck which has followed the
jewel may skip over a generation and then
reappear with renewed virulence in the
next.
Thus 1t was with the Hope Diamond, as
| have already pointed out. Between the
reign Of King Louis XIV, when disaster
fell on every woman who wore II and the
reign Of King Louis XVI. and Queen Marie
Antoinette, there was a generation when
no famous tragedies were associated with
IT,
1t is true that Catherine the Great en-
Joyed long reign and immense power,
but was she not in the end remorse-
stricken by the terrible miseries she had
caused and the tragedies she had brought
on all around her? There is not in all
history a'record of woman more wicked
and cruel and more abandoned to shame
less righteousness than this Empress.