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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
BARRE FALLS
AS COMPANY D
WINS BY "a TO 9
Both Quintets Flash
Strong Attack at Ar
mOry Contest

In one of The strongest defensive
games of the season at the arm
ory, Company ID turned back 4 fast
collection of stars from Barre by
the score of "a to 9. The defense
OF each quintet shot-proof at the
inception of the contest but toward
the finale, the st. Johnsbury hoop
sters wore down the visitors and
ran up a comfortable lead
Features of the contest were
the unerring skill of Puss Connor,
and Lucky Fisk in roaming out
the iron rim and the accuracy of
Coach Burns long, clean-cut pass
es that terminated in over one
half of all the local field goals.
Scotty Melr was the outstanding
star for Barre. Though he played
a backfeld game, yet he, alone
seemed able to penetrate the brist-
ling defense of Company d. Scotty
tailed five of the nine points Sc
cured by his team. Stacey Clark
heralded wherever he goes as a
great basketeer-and he is too
mashed little for the fans to rave
about last night. Stacey was pit
ted against the Scaletown bear
cat guard, Whitley Dumas.
Albert Goslant, Company D's
great running guard, broke loose
twice for baskets and in general
(ContirIed on Page 81
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
Mr.. and Mrs. Hooker
In Sunny South

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Hooker
former well-known st. Johnsbury
residents who have been living in
West Somerville, Mass, left that
city Dec. and are now at Orlan-
do, Fla, where they will pass the
winter. Spending the first night
in Washington and the second
night in Florence, S. c., they
reached jacksonville the third day.
There they picked up their auto
mobile which came by boat from
New York and motcred through
northern Florida to Orlando where
they are located at the St. James.
Mrs. Hooker writes:
"Therc has been a great deal of
building here, new churches, ho-
tells, very large schoolhouse, Just
across from the bandstand at Eola
Park. They have a band engaged
end will begin playing Dec. H.
This is a beautiful sunshiny day
and | wish all my Vermont friends
could be here to enjoy this beau
tiful climate. 1t seems like summer
time with the flowers in bloom,
lovely poinsettas, oranges and
grape fruit on the trees, vegetables
growing and new potatoes in the
stores"
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
COLDEST DAY
SO FAR HITS 50
DEGREES BELOW
Train Service Is Delayed
By Extreme Cold
Weather

With the mercury lowering
around 80 below this morning, a
new low mark W9s set for the
temperature so far this year. Re-
ports from various towns in this
vicinity show an average tempera-
ture of 80 degrees.
Hastings store at West Danvllle
reported 26. Lunnie's store at
Concord 80, Healey's store ct Bar
net the same, Perrigard's store
in Fairbanks village said 30, and
Frechettes on Railroad street the
same. Fairbanks Museum reported
"a at eight o'clock this morning.
Newport reported 80, which was
not as low as expected from that
lakeside city but doubtless the
wind that sweeps down the broad
expanse of Lake Memphremagog
had far more chilling affect ,han
the still cold Of the more sheltered
villages.
Early risers in this village re-
ported 40 below at several places
This morning and an average of
around 36. Lyndonville reported
the same, its average also being
around 40. From Sheffield comes
the alarming statement that the
mercury went down to So during
the night, however this was prob
ably merely matter of conjecture.
The intense cold for the past
few days has greatly delayed the
train service. The early morning
mail from Springfield that is due
here around three o'clock a. m.
was reported at Thetford around
eight O'Clock this morning, and
about six hours late. All the
trains have been running from 40
minutes to an hour late since the
cold wave struck this part of The
country.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
ACADEMY WINS
FROM ORLEANS
BY 1929 SCORE
With Is Seconds to Play
GOss Hurls In Shot
That Wins

st. Johnsbury Academv won its
second game of the season in q
fast exciting contest with Orleans
High school at Orleans last night
by a score of 80 to 20. With fif-
teen seconds left to go, Goss the
sterling Academy right guard, ac-
cepting a pass, dashed down the
floor and tailed a goal that put
the Academy boys one point ahead
of their opponents.
The game was an exciting affair
from start to finish. Both teams
gave a fine exhibition of guarding
and passing, and no player was
able to shoot except in rare in
stances, without an opposing play
er at his side to contest the at
tempt.
dickinson and Pike were easily
the stars as far as baskets were
concerned, Dickinson making ten
of the points obtained by his team
and Pike, a dozen, eight of which
were free throws from fouls. Gal
lup starred for Orleans with a to-
tai of 10 points to his credit. This
man was every where on the floor
and his shooting was true and well
timed. The first period ended with
the Academy leading with a score
of II to II.
The game was an exceedingly
clean contest and the Academy
boys were impressed by the sports
manlike qualities of their hosts.
After the game the Orleans stu
dents gave a dance to which the
Academy boys were cordially en-
tertained.
One peculiar incident of the
game was when the big leather
sphere became lost in the furnace.
Scruton was guarding Gallup
closely, when the later slipped and
dislodged a hot air radiator from
the floor, the ball disappearing
through the hole. Investigation
showed the ball to be in one of the
pipes of the furnace, from which
1t was rescued. The score:
ACADEMY-30
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
20 FACE CHARGES OF
$1,OOO,OOO THEFT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20
The department of justice is pre-
pairing to file suit against the
Wright Martin Aircraft Corpora
ton for recovery of a war claim
amounting to $3,701,715. The
House judiciary committee was
told by Assistant General Seymour
at the hearing on Impeachment
charges against Attorney General
Daugherty.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20-Twenty
civilian employees at the Brooklyn
Navy base were arrested today on
indictments returned several
months ago charging that govern
ment property to the value of more
than 100000 had been stolen.
The stolen property included fuel
oil and clothing
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20

the situation growing out of the
kidnapping last August by hooded
men Of five Mer Rouge citizens,
two of whom are still missing.
The kidnapping case which for
four months has baffled all the le-
gal machinery of Louisiana origin
ated, it is said, as>the result of
fued between rival factions of
Morehouse Terrace. Although the
Ku Klux Klan has been cha ed
in some quarters with being inv "
ed there is nothing to substantiatc
this opinion.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 20
Company G National Guard of
Monroe has arrived at Mer Rouge
and pitched camp, according to "a
telephone dispatch.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
Continued on page ~
POLICEMAN IN HEROIC
RECUE OF BOV

SOMERVILLE, Mass. Dec. 20
"A boy was rescued by police
ons including
eight children were forced to the
streets early today as a result of
fire in a tobacco store which start
ed in the ground floor of three
story frame building here.
The boy, Bartholomew Tatali,
overcome by smoke was trapped Ia
his bedroom on the second floor.
P'trolman w. Donovan climbed a
ladder entered the room by break
ing a window, and carried the boy
to safety over the roof of an ad-
joining mouse. Donovan suffered a
sprained ankle in jumping to the
ground. The damage was slight.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
JUDGE SMITHS
MOTHER DEAD
AT NEWPORT
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Is
Survived BY Five
Children

Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, mother of
Judge Ephraim j. Smith of New
port, passed away yesterday
morning after a long illness. Mrs.
Smith died at her home at 167
West Main street at eight O'Clock
Funeral services have been ar
ranged for Thursday afternoon at
two O'Clock, Rev. fl. B. Rankin,
pastor of the First Baptist church
officiating. Interment will be in
Pine Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Smith has been ill since
last August, he+ malady being
diagnosed as hardening of the ar
teries. She was rs years of age and
leaves five children to mourn her
loss. Miss Loyallst Smith, Judge
E. j. Smith, Clifton Smith and
Seth Smith all of Newport and
Ernest Smith, master at St. Paul's
school at Garden City, L. l.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
BOSTON POLICE ARE
ROUNDING UP THINGS

BOSTON,, Mass, Dec. 20
Eleven men were questioned by
the police today after the second
nights roundup of suspicious per-
sons, ordered by Police superin-
tendents in an effort to prevent
proIongation of the recent series
of hold-ups. The men were taken
from down town pool rooms and
from the streets. Three of the men
were taken while driving a car
with rs containers of moonshiners.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
LATE NEWS
WASHINGTON, Dec.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20
Bankers acceptance of SIX months
maturity notes drawn bygrowers
OF staple agricultural products or
cooperative marketing associations
are eligible for purchase or dis
count by the federal reserve bank
under a ruling promulgated today
by the federal reserve board in the
first stetp in the direction of long
er term credits for agriculture.
The decision which makes the
agricultural notes eligible for dis
count for six months instead of
three should be of material assist
ance to cooperative marketing as
scciation in financing the orderly
marketing of crops, it is said.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
Fire Fighters Have
Very Busy Day

Tuesday was busy day for the
fire department. They received a
call around $50 in the morning
to go to a smart chimney fire on
113 Portland street.
The second call came at 1915 to
extinguish still another chimney
fire at the home Of Mrs. Gibbons
on AZ Caledonia street. A third
call came around LIS p. m. This
proved to be a Buick automobile
owned by William Cox which was
blazing merrily when the fire fight
ers arrived. This was soon ex-
tinguished, but the top was des-
troyed, and one door and the back
Of the car was badly burned.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20

American observers believed that
an international control commits
sion associated with the League Of
Nations, as suggested, is unneces-
sary for the supervision of the
Iardanelles. The Americans be-
lieve that freedom of the Straits
should be guaranteed.
LAUSANNE, Dec. 20-Ismet
Pasha received q message from
Mustapha Kemal today announcing
that the American College at
Smyrna which was closed during
the fighting there may reopen and
that the Nationalist government
has no objection to the school
carrying on its work throughout
Turkey.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
FIND EXPENSIVE
BOOZE CAR IN LAKE

MIDDLEBURY, Dec. 20-An
automobile containing 152 bottles
of ale, with its rear wheels sunk
through the ice, was found on the
lake near Larrab,-e's Point yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff Ned
Burchard of Sholeham. The car
was Locomobile and bore New
York license plates. Deputy Bur
chard brought the ale to the Addi-
on county jail in this village.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
STOLE COPPER AND
THOUGHT 1T GOLD

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 20
Two men who held up the Mon
tana. Essay escaped with their
money belts filled with cleaning
metal. They thought it was gold
but officials stated it was copper.
The essay office manager was for
ced to hand over $50 of his person
al funds.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
DRIVER OF LIQUOR
CAR FINED Sl00

st. ALBANS, Dec. 20-Jack
Hanson of Albany, N, c., who was
bound over for appearance at the
December term of United States
court under bonds of $500 for al
legged smuggling of liquor was ar
raigned before Judge Nathan N.
Post in the city court charged
with driving an automobile with
number plates not assigned to him.
He pleaded guilty and was fined
500 and costs which he paid.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
NEWTON d. BAKER
TESTIFIES TO FRAUDS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90
Newton d. Baker, who was secre-
tary of war in President Wilson S
wartime cabinet appeared before
the special federal grand jury
which is in session here investiga-
ting war frauds. The purpose was
not revealed but it is known that
recently the investigation has cen
tered about alleged Irregularities
in the building of army canton
mcnt1.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
PASSUMPSIC
CHURCH GETS
HANDSOME FLAG
The Gift of Chamberlain
Relief Corps of st.
JOhnsbury

A very pleasant and beautiful
service took place at the Pasump-
sic church Sunday morning when
the Woman's Relief Corps of St.
Johnsbury presented the church
with handsome rag. In spite Of
the storm there was a large at
tendance at the impressive ser
vice.
The presentation took place at
the close of the regular service
which was of a patriotic nature.
The pastor spoke on the relation
of the church to the nation. He
said that while the church and
state are separate yet both needed
each other. The church enjoyed
tCOrtinueu On page bl
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
POSTPONE ACTION ON
GREEN RESOJ JUTION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20
House Republican leaders decided
today to postpone rurther consid-
Grafton of the Green resolution to
the Constitution for tax exemption
Of securities.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
COrtinued On page b.
EXPLOSION DAMAGES

c. P. x. ELEVATOR
ST. JOHNS, N. S. Dec. 20
An explosion today in one of
the Canadian Pacific railroad elc-
vators today caused considerable
damage first reports were that no
one was hurt.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
BRUNEN MURDER
TRIAL COMES TO

MT. HOLLY N. J. Dec. 20-The
taking of testimony IN the trial Of
Mrs. Doris Brunea and her broth
er Harry c. Mohr charged with
the killing of Charles T. Mohr
ended this morning and the case
will go to the jury today.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
Move To Check kidnapping of
Citizens By Secret Hooded Men
ku Klux KIan Believed Not
Involved In Critical
Situation
(By the Associated PresSl

state officials declined to state for what purposes National
guardsmen had been ordered out 1t generally believed
they were ordered to MoehOuse Terrace connection with
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
Americans Demand
Freedom of Straits
Turkish Leader Announces
American College Can
Be Re-Opened
(By The Associated Press)

LAUSANNE, Dec 2O-On the eve of what threatens to
be critical day in the life of the Lausanne conference, Am
bassador Chds had long conversation with lsmet Pasha
about the Straits problem 1t had become known that the
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
PASSUMPSIC

There will be a play and Christ
mas tree at the County school,
Friday evening, December 27.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
JUDGE MILES
NOT TO RUN FOR
REELECTION
Frank ID. Thompson, Bar
ton, Is Superior Court
Candidate

BARTON, Dec. 20-Judge w.
W. Miles has 9nnounced that he
will not be a candidate for reelec-
ton as one of the justices of the
Vermont Supreme court at the
next Legislature.
Judge Miles was appointed as
sociate Judge by Governor Charles
J. Bell in 1908, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge
Start. He is now in his 77th year
and has made a most valuable
member OF the bench during his II
years of service.
1t is the usual custom for the
Legislature in case of vacancy
III the Supreme court to advance
one of the superior Judges to the
upper court. Judge Fred NJ
Butler, now chief justice Of the
superior court, is the next in line
and splendidly qualified for pro-
motion.
If the custom is followed out it
leaves vacancy in the superior
court and inasmuch as northeast
ern Vermont has not been repre-
scented on the Superior court since
the advancement of Judge l.. p.
Slack of St, Johnsbury to the Su-
preme bench the members of the
Legislature in this section will
present the name of Representa-
tive-elect Frank y. Thompson of
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
ORLEANS H. S.-29
Goals Fouls Poi

Timers, Kellogg, Dunton. Time,
20 minute halves. Scorer, Kellogg.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20

A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast
Section of Vermont State
Every Working Day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20
The Weather

Snow tonight and
Thursday. Warmer to-
night in Vermont and
N. H. Fresh winds.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-12-20

(CoatinueG on page five)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-19

Jest sitting heer on my 9TH from The
last yertebra and drawing good eileen
smoak into my lungs is amusemint
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WITCH he kepp on doing and ma sed,
Wy don't you call up Mr.. Lewis and
see il he wunts TO bowl or play bill
yerds or somethjngY
Well, well, thawt you didcnt Ike
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nobody can be AZ black as They're paint
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do you wIint me To call him up for you1
No, ] wunt TO stay home and take Il
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my beds tired, in other words I'm tired,
sed pop.
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whose he'd is it? sed pop
| meen its impossible for you 70 stay
home tonite, sed ma, the Password
Committy OF the Dawters Of Cleopat~
terra IS going 10 meet heer tonre ard
everything IS Supposed TO he very secret
and everything, 50 for gOOdniss ,akes
don't get too comfortable.
To repcet the blind mans famous 70
mark, ! sec, sed pop, veil, far ~ Z
from ne ~ wish 10 be the sole reper-
sentative Of the male sex IN eny gath
ering Of the Dawters Of Cleopaters.
And he took his feet down AMI f0ok
! his slippers off and put his shoes on
and took me tO the MOVIES.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-19

a fig leaf couchant, and n serpent ram
pant on an azure field. II n rich boot
logger wants to spend his newly acquired
money IN having a NEUROLOGICAL an
ccStrv traced back 90 the Norman Con-
quest, let no one hcgrudgc the price he
paws q hcraldry shark
Nothing adds 10 the gaIetv of life
moro than the newly aristocratic, but
when people begin 10 take the color of
Their blood seriously. tho matter ceases
to be humorous and bCcOmeSstragic.
Boys are kept from gong INTO the trades
for which their natural aptltudcs fit them,
and in which they could make fortunes
and are thrust INTO professions for winch
they lack the qualifications. and where
they fail because they belong 20 families
in which the men have been doctors, or
lawyers, or teachers.
Matches are broken of and hearts
wounded, and lives wrecked, because
silly. old. case bound women are still
pinmng their faith To the We're de We're
stuff Therefore, John, one Of whose
remote ancestors was slgner OF the
Declaration Of jurisprudence, must not
marry Sally Jones Who Is good, and
pretty. and sweet, but whose father
never signed anything hut a check where
his name was mighty highly respected
at the bank
And Mari isn't permitted to marry
Tom Smith whom she loves with all her
heart because Tom IS nobody and doesn't
% with Der set. and Nary lives TO see
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-19
Democracy IN Love
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Most Highly Paid Woman Writer
Copyright 1922 by the Wheeler Syndicate. In- N y.

4 girl of good family is in love with a
young man OF no family ut all. Her
ancestors came over to America in the
Maytlowcr, OF with Lord Baltimore, or
in some other highly proper manner.
His parents arrived IN America, via
the stccragc Of an immigrant ship
The Young man Is himself UnCVccp-
tionablc. He Is intelligent, we'll educated,
we'll hammered, a gentleman. Also he Is =
climber who Is already making a place
for himself in the sun, hut the grl does
not know whether To marry HIM or not
because be does not belong 10 her own
caste
suppose he doesn't, what of II? It's
the man himself, and not his pedigree
that concerns his wife, and surely II ~
better 10 have a husband with u future
than one with a past. Likewise a woman
can be million times more proud Of a
man who is doing things himself, than
she can Of one whose grandfather. or
great, great grandfather did something.
OF al forms Of futile vanity surely the
most pitiful Is that which ! founded on
ancestor worship, and which puts out
its poor little puny chest, and struts
around, baSkng IN the glory Of Others.
II j. too weak and feeble 10 achieve any
thing itself II Is too dull. and STUPID,
and lacking in energy and purpose 10 do
anvt hing on It's own account, but II lives
on the reputation OF dead and gone men
and women who had the ability TO carve
out q fortune for themselves.
} Yet how many 81 thc-', WeaAiiugs We
know, Poverty stricken people who are
too proud 10 work al anything hut
ma hogany desk Jobs, bccausc their
families used 20 be rich and important
before the Civil War, insignificant people
who never lct YOU forget :Or an instant
that their great. great. great grand
father or granduncle was governor, %
a Judge, Down-and-oUt people Whc
have never seen the opportunities tha'
came Their WAY because they wcT,
always looking back on the pat grand
eur of their iorebearS,
Culuvat.ng q family tree in America
where We are all consiltut.onally bon
free and equal, Is merely a hobby that
Is interesting 10 the culuyatur, anC
amusing TO the on-lO0ker Us long as j
remains merely an occupation Tor al
idle hour. II il makes the Adamses auC
Ewes happy 70 claim that they wer'
the original family that settled th'
Garden Of Eden, by al means let then
have that pleasure, and pant on thcl
motor cars a coat OF arms comprised O