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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-25
READY TO
BURN CHURCH
MORTGAGE
ParishiOners of Grace
Methodist Hear joyful
News

Parishioncrs of Grace Methodist
church burst into applause at the
morning service Sunday when the
pastor, DR.. George W. Hylton an
nounced that the church debt was
cancelled and the mortgage which
he held in his hand was ready for
the time -honorcd custom of burn
ing. This means that in the past
six years, pariShioncrs and friends
of Grace Methodist have cancelled
a debt of approximately $4,000
and that the beautiful new cdificc
in which st, Johnsbury takes
commcndablc pride, a building
with its furnishings and the site
valued at 100000 is free of debt
The announcement came as a
great surprise to the big audience
in Grace church Sunday morning
and pastor and parishioners are
being warmly congratulated. The
final payments were made pos
sitle by the subscriptions for the
church debt that have just been
paid and it is matter of particu-
lar satisfaction that the church is
cleared of debt before the annual
meeting of the conference. DR..
Hylton and DR.. +. M. Sharp left
Tuesday morning for White River
Junction to attend the annual ses-
sion.
In connection with this an
nounccment DR.. Hylton paid a
glowing tribute to his predecessor,
Dr. Martin, whose splendid work
and untiring effort had made the
new church possible.
The new Grace church which
rose from the ashes of the old
building destroyed by fire Janu-
ary IA, 1915, was begun June ),
1915 and the cornerstone was laid
in September of that year. The
church was dedicated May 2S,
1915 under the leadership of the
Rev. DR.. George A. Martin, and
then began a strenuous campaign
to pay off the big debt incurred.
The past year under the guild
ance of Or. Hyiton, who succeed
ed Dr.. Martin, has been another
of successful church work leading
dp TO Sundays announcement.
Church attendance and church
contributions and developments
along all lines point to renewed
activities in the beautiful new
home of the parshioners of
Grace Methodist Episcopal
church. Dr. Hylton begins his sec
ond years work here the first Sun
day in May.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-25
TRAMP GETS TEN
DAYS IN JAIL
AT NEWPORT
Judge Will Wright Orders
Continuation of Leo
EssOff Case

William Drouin, "citizen of the
world" charged with vagrancy,
was sentenced by Judge VIII NJ.
Wright at Newport to ten days
in the county Jail Drouin was AZ
rested in Derby Center on com
plant Of the villagers who were
afraid of him. He is about 30
years of age, and had the appear
ance Of tramp Of some expert
cnce. He was uncommunicative
and seemed unwilling to unfold
any detail of his life.
Leo Essoif, with his counsel,
Hubert S. Pierce, appeared in
Municipal court, Monday after
'Yoon before Judge Wright to
Samuel Fine. The case was
answer 10 the charge OF assault on
continued.
Essof is the owner of the Ma
goon block on East Main street in
which was located the Army and
Navy store of which Samuel Fine
was manager. Fine was moving his
goods to the Bigclow block and
was taking down some shelves
which he claimed belonged to him.
Essof protested and the two got
into an alteration. Bail for Essoff
was fixed at $500 and was furnish
ed by Joseph Solomon.
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'lt IS obvious that the only
serious obstacles to peace with the
Russian nation and general recon
Struction are the pretensions of a
few former owners of property in
Russia
The Russian minister's statement
was called out by the high tension
developed over Russia's claims
which are considered in some
quarters as threatening to disrupt
the conference. He insisted that
it was the efforts of the Allies to
resist Russia's right to nationalize
property and their attempt to in
fringe upon her sovereignty in
that connection that was holding
up the work of the experts and de-
laying the progress of the confer
ence.
LONDON, April 25-There is
reliable information, says a Cen
trail News despatch, that M. Bar
thou of the French delegation has
received explicit instructions to
insist upon the terms of Premier
Poincare's speech of Monday. The
French delegation had declared
that it would press for a 48 hour
ultimatum to Russia or else break
from the conference and Premier
Poincare's speech has created great
CONSERVATION conference circles.
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Senate committee in behalf of the
War Department in q plea lor an
increase in the military establish
ment recommended by the House.
81 am aware that envy and jeal-
ousy', he said, "has invariably
sent the United States unprepared
into 9 great crisis and caused
great loss of life and left Us stag
gering under financial burdens"
WASHINGTON, April 25-The
115,000 enlisted strength army bill
passed by the House provides u
military force below the safe min
imum requirements of the nation,
said Secretary Weeks today in
urging that the appropriation for
the next fiscal year permit . force
of 1900 officers and 10000 men
to be maintained in the regular
army.
81 am aware Of no issue that
at the present time threatens 10
involve US in international COM
plications. There is no evidence
of foreign designs against US. We
must recognize that throughout
the greater part of the world a
condition of instability prevails
which renders the permanance OF
world peace uncertain.
1t is certain TO remain weak and
unprepared in the face of such a
situation is to invite aggression.
1t is moreover essential not only
that We maintain reasonable
state Of preparedness, but that il
should be a matter of intimate
knowledge that we are so prepar-
ed. The army needs stability far
more than anything else"
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-25
ACCIDENTAL
SHOOTING
in NEWARK
Vernard Lowell, Hit By
Stray Bullet, In Seri-
Gus Condition
Vernard Lowell is in Brightlook

Vernard Lowell is in Brightlook
Hospital is a very serious condi-
ton as the result of an accidental
shooting which occurred at his
home in Newark between ) and s
o'clock Monday afternoon.
A near neighbor Of his by the
name of Carrigan was out hunting
for a stray cat which he intended
to kill. Just as he shot, young
Lowell unfortunately got in range
as he was going from his house to
the barn, and was hit. The acci-
dent was purely accidental. Car
rigan was using a high power
rife.
Lowell was hit in the abdomen
and when help reached him it was
evident that he was in a danger
Gus condition. DR.. kendrick of
West Burke was summoned and it
was quickly decided that the only
possibility of saving his life was
to get him to hospital operating
table as quickly as possible.
He was brought to Brightlook
at $50 Monday evening and an
examination revealed the fact that
the bullet had lacerated his intes-
tines in nine different places. The
bullet was not removed.
Tuesday noon the hospital re
ported the young man as showing
wonderful vitality and that he was
as comfortable as could be eX-
pccted under the circumstances.
He is "a years old, in general
good health and condition. With
this in his favor he may recover,
although his condition is very
grave.
The young man is the only son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Lowell
of Newark. He is unmarried and
makes his home with his parents
on their home farm. He has three
sisters.
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LADY ASTOR ADDRESSES
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK, April 25-Lady
Astor in her speech before the
annual melting of the Associated
Press today defined as the pearls
of great price, for which she was
striving in public life, by enter
ing politics, and which any man
gets from his mother and from
his wife, if he chooses wisely, were
-unseltishness, courage and clean
illness.
"But", she said, "to turn to
practical politics, what the world
now needs most in a practical way
is trade, and trading is the most
practical way to start. Confidence
between capital and labor, conf
dence in your government, then
confidence in other nations-that
is where the press comes ill.,"
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-25
LATE VERMONT
NEWS
18TH METHODIST
CONFERENCE OPENS

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION,
April 25-The Vermont conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church
opened its 18th annual session
here Tuesday, meeting for the first
time in its history at White River
Junction. The Rev. Francis j.
Mcconnell, resident bishop of the
Pittsburg area, and who was a
leader in the inter-church steel
strike investigation, is the presid-
ing officer.
The Rev. Arthur A. Mandigo of
Island Pond, a magma cum laude
graduate of the University of
Vermont is secretary for the 9th
The entertaining pastor, the
Rev. Robert Haseltine, has arrang-
ed for the entertainment of the
conference delegates not only in
many homes of this place, but in
Hartford, West Lebanon and VIII
der. The officials of the confer
ence, including the district super
intendents, the Rev. +. w. Sharp
of st. Johnsbury and the Rev. W.
r. Davenport of st. Albans, will
make their headquarters at the
junction House.
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CHILDREN'S
DANCES BIG
FEATURE
The Little Tots VIII Star
In the L. c. I.
MinStrels


April Showers one of the
song-dance numbers OF the =. q;
i mlnStrelS at ne CoIom2!
theatre friday ana saturday
a whole show IN Itself. Ne2riy a
score OF littie lolks under the di-
rcctlon OF MIS-. Harold ABBOT and
MISS Marjorie french VIII eve
the dance numbers and httlc VI S
Jennie hinE VII ne the soloI I.l.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-04-25
NEWPORT
70 Mile CITY
SPEED LIMIT
City Council DispOses of
Grist of Business at
Meeting

The city council of Newport has
awakened to the fact that they
have set too slow a pace for this
rapid city and have been asAel 10
alter their speed laws.
An amendment changing the
speed limit from l. to 20 miles
an hour was submitted by Alder
man Prouty and wa carried, and
the city clerk instructed that the
same b, aoNCrt; ;c.l ~ TIE CsI?-
DOMAIN .1:Dtl
At ..et y ~ nc III 1, citing,
the petition for lights on the north
end of Union street from the
Newport Stock farm to James
Leitheid's property was not grant
ed Investigation showed the
length of 70 poles to be properly
lighted would require ten lights.
This would mean an eXpenditule
of $40. This outlay was de2mCG
inadvisable by the council d. the
present time. A light is to be
placed on Wilson street
The confirmation of police ap.
CONTINUED on page 81
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COUNT HOURS
AT APPROACH
OF AUTO SHOW
Store Windows Blooming
With Blue, White and
Gold of u. G. T.

Thousands of people all over
Northern Verment and New
Hampshire are expectantly count
ing the hours that must pass be
fore the first annual s.. JohnSbury
Aut Show and United Commercial
Travellers Ministrels-"the unbeat-
able combination"- Alcng
with this rare combination comes
the gigantic merchants carnival to
take place on Friday and Saturday
Of this week.
Store windows are beginning to
assume a u. c. 7. appearance shd
to blossom out in the well known
colors-blue, white and gold. One
of the U. c. T. bows was that of the
Cowlcs Press on Eastern Avenue.
For the past week, Amey and
Reeds window has blazoned forth
with the bright colorS.
This is u. c. I. week from Mon
day April "a to Saturday night
April 20, and on every hand there
is evidence that merchants are CO.
operating with the automoblle
dealers to help make St. Johns
bury's tw big carnival days a huge
success. This cooperation is mu-
tual and the automobile dealers are
working hand in hand with both
the u C. T.'s and the merchants.
Garage men and automobile
dealers report that the roads that
radiate out from St. Johnsbury are
all in good condition. They are all
perfectly passable and there is
absolutely no reason why the
crowds should remain away on the
score of poor roads. Nothing but
the verdict of the weather man is
awaited to make out-of-door Auto
Show an entire success.
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PICKETER SHOT AS
POLICE DISPERSE CROWD
PAWTUCKET, r. l., April .

PAWTUCKET, r. l., April 25
The strike picketing situation
at the Jenckes spinning plant
where a man was killed two
months ago was marked by a
shooting today. Casmaro Almeida,
one of the several picketeers who
had become involved in an alter
cation with a negro on his way to
work, was wounded by a bullet
being one of several fired by the
deputy sheriffs in their efforts TO
disperse the crowd. The bullet
lodged in his neck.
As the shot was fired in the
air it is assumed that the bulelt
ricochetcd on the ground before
striking Almeida. At the opening
hour today pickets assembled at
the plant where Almeida was said
to have stopped the negro and
tried to dissuadc him from going
to work. An alteration followed.
The sheriff tried to disperse the
crowd and the firing resulted. AL
media pleaded guilty and was sen
fenced to 60 days in jail.
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VT. WOMEN
AT BALTIMORE
CONFERENCE
Mrs. Harding Receives
the Ladies Saturday
Afternoon

The Pan-American Conference
of Women to be held in connec-
ton with the annual convention of
the National League of Women
Voters is bringing to Baltimore
not only women from all over the
United States but also from 20
other American countries and
from the islands of Cuba, Haiti,
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
There will be a large delegation
from Canada headed by DR.. Rit-
chic England from Montreal, Lady
Nancy Astor, Member of the Brit
ish Parliament, and several other
distinguished European women
will be guests.
The following Vermont women
will attend the conference and
convention: Miss Carrie W.
Ormsbee of Brandon, president Of
the Vermont League of Women
Voters, Mrs. William H. Jeffrey
of Montpelier, head of the ma
tional committee on Efficiency in
Government, Mrs Fremont Ham
lltOn OF BfaJllcbOfO, MIS-. VI. W.
Garfield of Woodstock returning
from a winter in South Carolina,
and Miss Susan A. Mott of Bur
lington.
discussion of Child Welfare,
Education, Civil and Political Sta
tus of Women, subjects Of such
keen interest that they make all
women kin, will as a natural Sc
qucncc lead to that Of lnternation-
al Fricndliness, the aim and inspir-
alton Of this conference.
BY special train and autos dele
gates will be conveyed April "a
to Annapolis, where guides will
show them historic spots and they
CONTINUED on page four
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EARLY MORNING
FLIGHT OVER
ST. J0HNSBURY
Walter H. Cleveland en-
Route from Coventry
to New York

Early risers in St. Johnsbury
Tuesday morning had chance to
see an aereoplane as Lieut.. Walter
H. Cleveland of Coventry few over
the village en- route to New York
city. He was flying very low and
the noise Of the motor woke many
at G.35, which was the time hepass-
ed over town Those who saw the
aeroplane noticed that he circled
around the village a few moments
before heading for the south. Lieut..
Cleveland is a graduate Of St.
Academy, was connected with the
aero service in the world war and
well-known in Orleans and Gale
dOnia counties.
Lieut.. Cleveland, accompanied
by his mechanic Raymond Wilder,
left Coventry about o'clock for
Garden City, l.. l., where he will
obtain his new airship the "Golden
Eagle He plans to make but two
stops on his trip, Springfield, Mass.
and Hartford, Conn.
After he gets his new airship he
will attend the spring aero meet on
the Curtis field April % and 30 un-
der the auspices Of the Aero Club
of America. This will be the first
big meet of the season and upward
of 80 planes will participate, from
all over the country and some from
abroad. Arrangements are being
made to handle the crowd of 7j,-
600 people who will attend.
Following the close of the meet
Lieut.. Cleveland will sail for home
to take up his seasons work in pas
senger carrying. He will be accom-
panied home by +. 2. Gordon, ra-
dio expert OF the Atlantic Radio
Co., of Boston. Mr. Gordon will
supervise the installing of a long
distance radio phone receiving set
at the Cleveland home. Mr. Gordon
will be the guest of Lieut.. Cleve-
land for a week and give public de-
monstrations, which will be along
educational lines. The Radio set
will be equipped with a loud speak
er, transferring to any part of the
room.
Lieut.. Cleveland's new Curtis
Golden Eagle is equipped with
one of the very latest Curtis mo-
tors of 100 horse power and is
specially constructed for passenger
carrying. 1t is a three passenger
ship. with.a double control in both
seats.
1t has 4 baggage compartment
built at the rear and an extra gas
tank installed on top Of the wings
for emergency. 1t has a carrying
capacity of 500 pounds when load
ed with gas, and and a high speed
of 30 miles an hour.
Lieut. Cleveland flew low enough
over the J. l.. Grady homestead to
attract the attention of one of the
boys in the family and the aviator
asked him if he could land on the
Grady field The boy Seid condi-
tiOnS were right for landing and
Lieut. Cleveland called back that
he would land there on his return
trip to Coventry.
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CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
FOR SHIPS SUBSIDY

" Ash HINGTON, Apl1I Zo-Fro-
visions of the ships subsidy bill
were indorsed at the joint Con-
gressional meeting by group, re-
presenting civic organizations in
various New England cities. The
public generally in the New rng-
land states favor quick action by
Congress, indicated a man who said
he spoke for civic bodies in several
New England cities. He declared
that "If Congress wants American
shipping done by the British, Nor
wegian, and Japanese, it should not
pass this bill"
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OFFICERS
OF The IS.
INSTALLED
Retiring Worthy MatrOn
Is Presented With
Jewel

Installation of officers, iniatia-
ton of new members and pre,cnta-
ton of gifts were all feature of
the meeting of the Order of East
ern Star Monday evening in the
Masonic temple. The officers were
installed by Mrs. l.. n. SmWPe, a
sociate grand matron and Mrs. B..
d. Ruggles of West Burke, grand
marshal. Several members were
taken into the ORDER the retiring
worthy matron, Mrs. H. A. Lougee,
was presented with a past matrons'
Jewel the presentation being made
by Mrs, Smythe who voiced the ap-
probation of Mrs. Lougee's as
sociate officers ind every member
of the chapter Of the untiring
effort and successful work stretch
ing over her period of office. Mrs.
Smythe also, presented to Ms.
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FRIGHTENED HORSE BACK
ED INTO TIE RIVER

MONIPELIEK, ApTiI 2o-WaI-
ter Finn of MiddlcseX was rescued
from drowning by a member of a
train crew when the horse he was
driving became frightened by the
train and backed the wagon down
a 12-foot embankment into the
Winooski river. Members Of the
crew saw the accident, stopped the
train and hurried to the by's assist
ance. The horse was swimming and
Finn had gone down twice when
thew were rescued.
The wagon and a number of milk
cans went down the river.
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SEEK SEPARATE COAL
WAGE AGREEMENT

SPRINFIELD, H., April %
Negotiation of separate state wage
agreements by striking coal miners
in Kentucky and Tennessee was
announced by Frank harrington,
Illinois president of the United
Mine Workers. Separate wage
agreements are imminent" he said
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Sewers Connection
With BigeIOw Pharmacy

II. NJ. Louthood has severed mis-
connection with the Bigelow phar-
macy, with which he has been con
nected for the past % years as
CLERK and in partnership.
~ Mr.. and Mrs, Louthood will
soon take up their residence in
MiddlebulT, Vermont, where they
have bought the drug business of
the late Dr.. W. II. Sheldon This
is the RcXall Store. and has been
in the Sheldon family 70 years.
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CHARGE MAN WITH
BREAKING AND ENTERING

l. mn, Mass, Apfll "a
baker going to work this morn
ing saw a man coming out of the
Boston and Maine Railroad sta
ton. He drew a knife but drop
ped it as d policeman appeared.
The man gave his name as Char
les A. Ward. He was charged with
breaking and entering and with
assault.
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IRISH REPUBLICAN
ARMY LEADER SHOT

DUBLIN, April Z5-Bl1g.- g.-Gen.
Adamson, commanding a brigade
of the Irish Republican army, was
shot near the headquarters of the
Independent republican forces to-
day. A dominique from the head
quarters of the regular army said,
Brig. Gen. Adamson was sud
denly confronted by group Of
armed men who ordered him to
throw up his hands. The General
being alone, complied with the re-
quest, and while his hands were
up the assailant deliberately fired
at him. Several of the mutineer
officers were arrested.
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SEAPLANE SANTA MARIA
MISSING WITH SIX

KEY WEST, Fla, April %
The commercial seaplane, Santa
Maria, which left here Monday at
6.10 for Nassau with 6 persons. in
Guiding woman has not arrived
at its destination. Naval seaplanes
of the Atlantic fleet put out in
search of her.
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F. A. ROWLAND NAMED
TRUSTEE OF DARTMOUTH

HANOVER. \. H., April %
Fred Arthur Rowland of Montpe-
lier, has been named for the Dart
mouth alumni truSteeship by the
alumni council. Following confirm
alton he viii assume a term of five
years from June 1922.
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Late Associated
Press Dispatches

FORT WORTH, Texas, April D
Eleven persons are known to
have been drowned and 1900 rem
dered homeless as the result Of
flood tbs city. The city water
plant is out of commission. All
autos and ambulances have been
commandeered for help.
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Head of United States Army Seeks
Big Increase In Military Personnel
115,0OO Enlisted Strength Army Bill
Below Safe Requirements of
Nation, Says Sec. Weeks
(By the Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April 25-"The United States with
adequate military preparation and under strong leadership
could have prevented the Of the World War
General Pershing declared today in tesfyng before the
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GOVERNMENT HAS PLAN TO
SETTLE COAL STRIkL

Y Ash INGI On, NplII 2 ! n
Is working on plan.
to settle the coal strike which ioe
not include Federal supervision o.
the industry.
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RIGA, Latvia. April 25-Prem-
ier Lenine of Soviet Russia was
operated on Monday. A bullet
which had troubled him for three
vars was extracted from his side.
The patient is doing well.
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Resist Naturalization -
of Russia 7 chitcherin
French Delegates To Insist On Terms
of Premier Poincare' Speech
Or Withdraw
(By the Associated Press)

GENOA, April 24-Foreign Minister Tchitchern of So
Wet Russia declared to the assembly this morning that
the Allies resistance to the Russian principle of natonaza-
ton that blocking the conference
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LONDON, April 25-Richard
Washburn Childs, American am
hassador to. Italy, has notified the
Genoa conference that the United
States reserves all its rights on the
repayment of war debts due from
Russia.
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The Weather

Fair tonight. Wednes-
day cloudy. Probably
showers in the interior.
Northerly winds.
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A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast Sec
ton of Vermont State
Every Working Day.