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The evening world., 1922-12-05
PROGRESSIVE BLOC
WINS ITS FIRST
VICTORY IN SENATE
Secures Report on Proposed
Amendment for Direct
5t Election of President.
CHANGES INAUGURAL.
Provides Earlier Convening
Of New Congress and
Administration Transfer.
CHANGES INAUGURAL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Members
0f the new progressive bloc in Con-
gress won their first legislative vic
tory to-day by obtaining from the
Senate Agriculture Committee a "a
vorable report on "a resolution to
amend the Constitution to provide for
and Vice President.
The ameHiment also would change
the Presidential inauguration day
from March 1 to the third Monday In
January and members of the Senate
and House would begin their terms
Of office the first Monday in January
AFTER the biennial elections. ConSrcss
would meet in regular session an
nually on the first Monday in Janu-
ary. The present final December
session of Congress to be abolished.
Senator Ashurst appeared to urge
adoption of the amendment he pro-
posed. as did William Lowell Putnam.
Boston attorney, on behalf of the
American Bar Association, which has
Endorsed tho plan.
n Slow transportation and other rca-
Ssons for the present constitutional
plan no longer exist, Senator Ashurss
and Mr.. Putnam said. They also ar
gued that there would be n better re-
sponse to public opinion by having u
newly elected Congress meet soon.
One of the objections to the plan,
which Senator Ashurst said was not
well founded, was that weather condi-
tions in mid-winter might prevent out
Of doors Inauguration ceremonies.
The evening world., 1922-12-05
YOUTH ARRESTED
IN MURDER LAID
TO LABOR FEUD
Broadway Crowd in Panic as
Clothing Worker Is Shot
to Death.
BOY FINDS REVOLVER.
Accused Has Police Record
Victims Friend at Shoot
ing Also Held.

Benjamin Levinsly. a clothing cut
ter in tho workshop OF Levlnson
Brothers. No. 715 broadway, neal
Washington Place. got out OF the
automobile in which his friend Bcn-
jamin Masszur had brought him from
the Levinsky homo at No. 1G0 Ross
Street, Brooklyn, at o'clock to-day
A moment later the sounds of two
revolver shots startled the streets
crowded with thousands OF workers in
the clothing factories Of the ncjgt.-
borhood. The throng7 on the side
walks became panicl(y and for blocks
ran wildly in all directions, though
most of them made for the doorway
OF No. 715 Broadway.
Fighting his way through, Police
man Liberman of the Mercer Street
Station found LevinslSy lying dead
with bullet in his head and another
in his heart. A boy brought the
policeman revolver with two cham
bers empty. which he said he had
found on the step.
In making for the body, Liberman
encountered Masszur making difficult
progress away from the door and ap-
parently frightened. Libcrman ques-
toned him.
Masszur said he lived at No. 20 At
torney Street, but had spent last
night in the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Levinsky, occupying n bed with the
man now dead. This morning he
drove Levinsky over and was n block
away from the door of No. 7l5 Broad
way when he heard the shots and re-
turned. AS soon as he saw his friend
was shot, he said, he started TO run
Cor help, but the policeman stopped
him. Masszur said he and Levinsky
belonged to the same Cloak and Suit
Union and had attended n meeting last
night. lie could not tell Detective
Lieut.. Funston. who questioned him
later, Of any trouble in the union and
said the Lcvinson Brothers were on
excellent terms with their employees.
After the body had been removed,
funston took Masszur to the station,
where he was held as a material wit
ness and for verificatlon of his story.
In the mean time Scrgt. Woods had
intercepted n boy running away
through Mercer Street from tho scene
of the shooting. lie said he was
William Levine, nineteen, a seller of
newspapers at Times Square. He had
happened upon the body OF Levlnsky
in the loft building, he said, and 1t
had frightened him 50 that he ran
away. lie was also held for iuvcstl-
cation, though lie denied having seen
the she ting.
An examination Of the revolver
showed it had recently been soaked
with kerosene. The police said they
found distinct odor of kerosene IN
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The evening world., 1922-12-05
SLUG POLICEMAN,
FLEE WITH S13,669
At UNION HILL,N.J.
Public Service Messenger and
Guard Robbed OH Busy
Street Corner.

Five highwaymcn, whose actions
showed they were following out
carefully prepared plans. success
fully robbed John i. Conroy of No.
IS3 Park Avenue, Wcehawkon, cash
icr's messenger of the Union Hill
Branch, Public Service Corporation
OF New Jersey, Gas Division, at 9.3j
o'clock this morning, as he was lcay-
ing tho door Of tho bank with a
satchcl containing $3.50 in cash and
$3.50 in checks to be deposited In
tho Union Hill branch of the Trust
Company of New Jersey.
Tho three robbers who committed
the actual assault were saunterns
past the bank, apparently much inter
cstcd IN conversation. Conroy came
out with his satchcl went TO the curb
where Policeman Trunccllito, had been
waiting for linn with a side car
Conroy had Just settled himself in the
side car when tho three men whrlcd
about and rushed 10 the curb. beating
both messenger and policeman over
the head with bldckjaCks before they
mad chance 10 draw the rcyOlycrs
with which both were armed As
COnrOys head dropped aud the pU-
liccman spraUled out OF the drivers
scat on top Of linn, Conroy let 50 Of
tho money bag
one OF the three picked II up and
The evening world., 1922-12-05
THREAT BY XXX" :"
TO BURN CATHOLIC
BUILDINGS CHARGED
Following Fifth Fire, Mon
treal Mayor Reveals Letters
MySteriously Signed.

MONTREAL, Dec. 5.--Mayor Mar
tin has received recently a number of
communications signed "K X. K.,"
claiming responsibility for the Mon
treal University fire two weeks ago
and threatening to fire other Roman
Catholic buildings.
QUEBEC, Dec. j.-The Sulpician
Church, seminary and priests resi-
dcncc at Okla were destroyed by fire
carly to-day. The great monastery
Of the Trappst monks. nearby, was
not touched.
This is the nth fire in Catholic in
stitutons in the dominion in the last
few weeks. st, Boniface College, near
Winnipeg. was destroyed Nov. - and
ten students lost their lives. The
dental school OF tho University OF
Montreal was damaged twice last
month and the Juvcnart College was
damaged in the blaze that devastated
the village Of Terrcbonne on Dec. /.
The fire to-day started in tho fur
mace room of the Presbytery. A high
wind carried sparks TO the church and
seminary nearby.
The church, valued at $l5O,0O0,
dated back TO the earliest times, and
was erected by the Sulpician Fathers
as a mission house for the Indians.
Destroyed by fire in 1876, it was re.
built as "A modern church.
The Sulpician Fathers in attendance
at the church said undoubtedly the
greatest loss was the destruction of
irreplacablc records dealing with, the
carly days of the French occupation
of Quebec, which had been stored in
tho trCSbvfC,-N
The evening world., 1922-12-05
KING SIGNS FREE STATE BILL;
IRISH IN FULL CONTROL OF
ERIN At MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
Full Administration Already
Turned Over to Provisional
Government.
HEALY COMMISSIONER,
Lord DecieS May Be an Ap-
pointee Under New
administration.

LONDON, Dec. 5 ASSOCIATED
Press).-Kine George this evening
gave royal sanction TO the legislation
setting up the Irish Free State ao a
dominion Of the British Empire.
without pomp or ceremony the
Irish Free state will come into being
after midnight tonight.
BY a special order in Council, the
full administration Of the country al
ready has been handed over to the
Provisional Government. Therefore,
when the Constitution comes into cY-
istence tomorrow there will be no
ceremony Of any kind to mark the
fulfilment of the treaty made between
the British and Irish Governments.
The House Of Commons tC-day
.ngrced to the amendments to the Irish
Consequential Provisions Bill, adopted
by the House of Lords. This, follow
ing upon the Lords approval of the
Constitution Bill yesterday, completes
the Irish legislation, which now only
awaits the Royal sanction.
The Anglo-Irlsh Treaty expires to-
morrow, when the Provisional Gov
ernment will cease 10 function and
tho Free State Government will Of
flcially take charge. The first meet
ing of tho Dali Eireann as the Lower
House of the oireachtas, or Irish
Parliament, las been fixed for
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the Dali will sit prl-
vatcly to choose thirty members of
the Seanad Eireann, or Senate. The
choice will be made from about 150
candidates and the selection will be
announced tomorrow.
A Dublin correspondent says that
the appointees Of William Cosgravc,
President of the Dali, include the we'll
known writer's, William Butler Yeats
and George Russell; also the Earl of
Dunravcn, the Earl OF Wicklow, Lord
Glenavy-better known as Sir James
Campbell, the former Irish Lord Chan,
collor-and possibly Lord Dccics, the
husband Of Vivien Gould.
Timothy Iealy, who yesterday y
contirmed his acceptance of the Gov
ernor Generalship of the Irish Troo
State, returned to Dublin on the night
boat after consultations at the %
lonial Office which are understood 20
have been satisfactory. Mr.. Healy is
the first untitled person to be chosen
as tho Kings preventative in any
British dominion. II is also under
stood that, unlike those of all other
Viceroys, tho prospective Governor
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The evening world., 1922-12-05
HOTTEST DECEMBER,
SAYS PROPHET DEVOE;
BLACKBIRDS GIVE TIP

\ flock Of blachbirLs called yes.
tcrddy upon \. j. DeVoc. tho
noted weather prophet OF Hack
ensuck. They took a rest in his
trees and seemed to ! , discussing
the location OF North and South.
They left last night and I
couldn't SEQ which way they
went" said tho prognosticator.
This means they are in doubt
about tho weather. So Is every
body else, with one or two sNCep-
,Ions. Now | predict the hottest
December on record. with no great
storms. only up North. On Dec.
90 va Sill get part Of u storm
from New Epsland States,
The evening world., 1922-12-05

As a result of the announcement Of
the dividend, Studebakcr had one of
it's most active days ur the Stock EV-
change In an otherwise dull day,
more than 10000 shares of the stock
had been turned over by O'Clock,
despite the fact that the total shares
traded in for the day UP to that hour
were only about 600, 900. 4 statement
given out following the directors
meeting said, in part;
Earnings Of the corporation and
it's prospects arc such that the man
agement believes that the present rate
Of 10 per cent. dividends on the COM
mon stock will be continued on the
new capitalization,
II added that It was voted to cap
The evening world., 1922-12-05

4 floock of undersheriffs was sen,
out today 20 bring in Mrs. Madelynne
obenchain, yesterday discharged from
custody when n jury for tho third
titme refused to convict her of com
pliciiy In the murder of j. Bolton Ken.
nedy. Their cells adIoincd and they
had developed an intimate friendship
The authorities arc wonerine
whether Mrs. Phillips. in the event
Mrs. obcnchain had been convicted or
rcmanded, meant to invite her TO Join
the flight.
Information Is being sought as to
The whereabouts q Armour Phillips,
the escaped murdcrcsss = husband, and
her sisters Ola Weaver and Eta Jack
son, both OF whom have visited the
chorus girl in her cell since n mixed
jury Of men and women. charmbed by
her smile in the prisoners dock all
through her trial reached a compro.
mise in the decision Of the women
Jurors that she should be hung and
that OF the men Jurors that she ought
TO go free.
search Is also being made for
Harry karst, who was a frequent viz
itor to Mrs. Phillips at the jaiI. In
The somewhat indiscrimnatc SQUAD
bles as TO faithfulness between the
parties 10 the tragedy Phillips had
much to say to his wife about Karst.
'as she had TO say TO Phillips about
Alberta Meadows.
Mrs. Phillips had been closecly
guarded because of rumors that she
was engaged in framing plirns TO
escape. But the chorus girls winnin.
smile which masked the murdcrous
Jealousy that led to the Turing OF Al
berta Meadows off on lonely road "a
have her face mashed in with a car
penter's hammer was just as effective
"heIi II masked her wilcs in prepar-
ing TO escape her punishment.
She sought and obtained the priyi
loge Of covering "thosc horrid ugly
bars with nice, pretty curtain. Be
hind that curtain the wlcldcr of the
hack saw could work unseen when
tho frequent Inspections of the cell
were made
Mrs. l.. d. Fisher, the night mt
nron, was in the cell of Mrs. PhiIlips
last night, The young woman was
undrcssed and in her cot. She was
apparently asleep. On the next visit
she had gone.
Tho cell bars had been twisted
aside Just far enough to let her
through. Threads torn from the black
dress and rough blue Oversklrt which
she had worn in tho prison clung To
the bars. She had crossed the narrow
roof from her window to the outei.
wall In her baro feet, as impriuts on
the dew wet roof showed. They wen
straight to the point where the ton OF
ladder reached mp to the roof from
the alley below.
The final known indication as TO
inc method OF her escape is that given
hy the track of an automobile tire
In the dust of the alley and tho state
mont OF Deputy Sheriff that ON ms
way home utter midnight he saw an
automobile, apparently unoccupieL.
standing on the street near the open-
ing OF the alley.
Mrs. Philips once lived in Texas
near the border and is familiar with
Spanish, The officials assume that she
is making a dash 10 get into Mexico
and have broadcast notices to the po-
Ice OF all border towns to head her
of. All steamers ana ships sailing for
British Columbia ana Southern Pacific
ports are also closely watched. Scores
OF automobile, and motorcycle posses
are on every foad within ive hundred
miles OF Los Angeles.
The evening world., 1922-12-05
PITIES POOR RICH BOY
WHO CAN'T DO CHORES,
CHILD'S HERITAGE

lhOH O.N, i)Nt, r.
"Churcs and childhood should
go together" declared Judge
Frederick +, Cabot. Of the Chi.
drcp's Court, In the course Of an
address on child welfare.
THE homely tasks OF every
household are the herikgo and
duty OF childhood" no asserted
THE gilded youth who Is not
forced, or even allowed. 10 chop
the klndllng and carry out the
ashes, 10 shovel the snow and
beat tho rugs, 's an object OF
great pity. Work gives the chill
dren something 20 think about.
and keeps them away from
crime.
The evening world., 1922-12-05
PHILIP ELTING SLATED
FOR PORT COLLECTOR

WASHINGTON, Dec. S. PHILIP
Eslting. Republican leader OF Ulster
County.oN. Y. is slated officially for
the appointment as Collector OF the
Port OF New York to I'LL the vacancy
annich has existed since the death OF
Nslilector Aldrich.
He was recommended by Charles
d. Hllles, Republican National Com
nnitteeman for New York. and the
two Senators, which definitely puts
IN end to the movement for Senator
Calder for the place.
The evening world., 1922-12-05

tlaliac about sI5.ooo,oO0 Of net earn
ings which have b,nn permanently
invested in plants, equipment, in
yostorics, sc, to provide for the con
stant growth and development of the
business.
Unusual activity in Studebakcr
stock began 10 manifest itself more
than "A week ago when rumors of the
declaration of stock dividend began
to be heard in the Street. On Nov.
u the stock was quoted at l14l-i and
il began steadily 20 ascend, until to-
day at . O'Clock II was quoted al
l26 5-S. Al no time was the advance
sensational, however. The rise TO-
day WIS @3S
The evening world., 1922-12-05
Is MEN UNCONSCIOUS,
ONE DEAD, AS RESULT OF
WOOD ALCOHOL DRINKS

BOSTON, Dec. Fifteen men arc
unconscious at city Hospital and one
has died since last night, as the re-
suit of wood alcohol poisoning. Tween
ty others are being worked over by
doctors.
Police here fcal a recurrence OF the
epidemic Of "hlind death" from wood
alcohol poisoning, which took a toll
Of more than 25 lives in the Christ
mas season two years ago.
The evening world., 1922-12-05
GGG PRICE GOES DOWN
AS HENS GET Buster
AND BUYERS STRIKE
stz Cent Drop Follows Conditions
Dealers Are Unable 10 Control.


Dealers Are Unable TO Control.
Dealers In eggs. wholesale and retail
report a buyers strike which has ma.
terially affected the price of fresh eggs
carrying It down cents last Saturday
and 3 cents moro yesterday. FTesl
eggs from nearby points wero selling
yesterday from 72 TO so cents n dozen
according TO grade, and fresh Westerns
of the best grades were selling at from
50 TO 81 cents a dozen.
Dealers who had stocked up with eggs
at a price which the housewives appar,
emily regarded as prohibitive have beer
embarrassed also by abnormally contln-
uing heavy production due TO the ef-
feet OF ta9 mild weather on the hens.
The effect of the high price of fresf
eggs has been 10 increase tho demand
for storage eggs, and these rose half q
N2nt dozen on the market yesterday
selling at from so to S1h cents a dozer
for firsts and S2 cents for fancies.
The evening world., 1922-12-05

LOS ANGELES Dec Clara Phillips
of life numbering Mrs Al
berta Meadows with hammer
Los Angeles this morning
The bars of her cell window looking
below had been neatly through
the absence Of iron filings the window
the preparations ago
The evening world., 1922-12-05
HARDING AGAIN NAMES PIERCE
BUTLER FOR SUPREME COURT.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Presldcnt
Harding to-day renomiEated Pierce
Butler of Minnesota to be Associate
Justice Of the supreme Court, following
the failure OF the Senate vesterdsy 10
confirm his .nomllatlon
The evening world., 1922-12-05
WOMEN, EQUALS OF MEN,
HAVE SAME LIABILITIES,
IS DECISION OF COURT
Wisconsin supreme Bench Holds
Business Responsibility Ia state
Legally Same for Both sexes.
MADISON, Wis, Dec

Women, married and unmarried.
now the equals OF men before the law
in Wisconsin, must bear the rcspon-
sibilitics OF their new privileges
granted by the Women's Rights Bn
enacted in 1921 the Wisconsin su-
prcme Court to-day.
1t held a woman liable in her scpa-
rate property and business when she
indorses a note of her husband in
curing financial liability for him.
The evening world., 1922-12-05
Studebaker Stock Dividend
OF rs Per Cent. Is Declared
Announcement Creates FURRY in That Issue, Sends
Price to 126 5-S

Following the return of about S15OOOOOO
tudebaker Motors equipment develop
ment of the directors to-day
dividend of 25 cent to stockholders
the capitalization of the company S75OOOOOO
The evening world., 1922-12-05
SCHUMANN-HElNK'S
PROSPECTS BETTER
DOciur Expects improvement Tn.
Day Ia singers Illness.

Ap improvement I'm the condition Of
Nine. Ernestine Schumaun-H Hcink. IA.
nous singer. who Is m with bronchial
pneumonia at her home ln Garden CITY.
Is expected by Dr. u. s. Dooman. her
physician. He said that there was no
Improvement last night and that she had
mot any too good o night"
But feel more encouraged now" no
added. than l have heretofore. look
TOR a change for the better tonight or
r-ITr.. Ey. 90
The evening world., 1922-12-05
Where to
Spend a
Winter HOLIDAY

The Worlds Annual Resort number will
- published next Sunday. All Rosort ana
travel advertisements for this great numbeT
aay, Dec, 7. These ads. are reproduced In
book form and widely distributed. Vaos-
tionlsts can plan a delightful trip from
amonF the many places advertised In Tho
SEMBER OF RESORT ADS. YEAR IoaI
The evening world., 1922-12-05
MRS. PHILLIPS BREAKS JAIL
AND MAKES ESCAPE; SERVING
10 YRS. FOR HAMMER MURDER

Convicted Slayer of Alberta Meadows, Rival for
Husbands Love, Goes Through Sawn Bars Of
Cell Window and Drops to Ground Re
lieved She Had Outside Help i'm Getaway.
The evening world., 1922-12-05

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

J. w. Reed of Springfield. Mass, a
travelling salesman who fell dead IN the
union station in that city Thursday, sold
hardware to the undertaking trade and
had been in Brattleboro five times year
for the past % years.
Henry A Goodrich of Fitchburg,
Mass. who died in that city Thursday
ut the age of 81, will be remembered by
Prattleboro's older residents as prOpri-
ctor of a furnishing goods store that oc-
cupied quarters where DOnnell * Da-
vi-s store now is. The late Col. IT. f
Taylor was manager of the store for a
considerable period and c. w. Wilcox
was employed there as clerk. It was eS-
tabEished at the time Union block was
tuilt in 1866 and conducted for about
II. years.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Charlotte
stevens was held at go O'Clock yester-
day afternoon in Bonds chapel. Rev.
Franklin Elliot of Bellows Falls Ofhciat-
ing. and was largely attended. There
was singing by two lady friends of the
family. There were many beautiful floral
remembrances. Besides the family and
relatives those present included Mr.. and
Mrs Edward Moultrop, George Chase
and Miss Lena Chase of Springfield
Mass. and Charles and. Willard Moul-
trop and Mr. and Mrs. William Starkey
Of WestmOreland. \. II. The body was
taken to Bellows Falls on the 1146 train
today and was accompanied from there
to Westmoreland by Rev. Mr.. Elliot, who
conducted the cOmmittal service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22
TAYLOR CALLS 1T JOKE.
Not Candidate for COngreSs-Wiu Stick
to Present job. -

BURLINGTON. April 22.-E'It s a
joke said James p. Taylor, secretary
of the Greater Vermont association
when a story in an afternoon paner
Yesterday TO the effect that he was be-
ing boosted for seat in congress from
fLq FIRST district was brought to his at
tention. Mr.. Taylor, who had previ
ouslv completed a busy afternoon g
work in meeting of the directors and
a committee of the Greater Vermont as
ISOLATION at Montpelier stated that
there were many different games, ana
that he considered the ons in which he
i engaged was good one. He recently
resigned as secretary of the. Burlington
chamber of commerce to take his pre-
sent position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. E.>Q. s. Os-
go3d pastor Service in the parish house
Sunday morning at 1890. Subject of
sermon, The Two-FOld Light of the
World. All are welcome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22
81 Years Ago
Happenings of April, 1872,
Taken from the Files of
The Phoenix.

Comparatiyely little sugar has been
made in this section thus far this season
but there may yet be good run; me me
farmers are getting about 16 cents for the
best quality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22

Messrs. J. Estey & Co. are preparing
street. to be used for finishing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22

The watch swindler engaged in plying
his avocation in this section was taken
in charge by an officer OF the law IhurS-
dav and on redeeming his pawns was al
lowed to depart.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22
New Shirtings

Endurance Cloth, Percales.
36-nch Mercerized Shirtings, in fine assortment at
29c yard
AndersOn's Shifting Madras, in real woven color
stripes 32-inch. Wide assortment of styles, at
59c yard
36-inch Silk Striped Shirtngs in attractive patterns
62Hc yard
Sturdy Endurance Cloths, in woven coors, for Wom-
ems and chdren's wear The cloth for long
service. Fifty styles ......,.... Only Csc yard
Good Quality 36-inch Percaes in both light and dark
colors, For Bingham Week at Only 15c yard
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22

The New England Manufacturing Co,
has contracted with Messrs. Higley q
Church for the building of their shop at
Centerville, which is to be completed ~
JuIy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22

We learn that Mrs. James Fiske, jr.' IS
nrenaring to erect a beautiful monument
over the grave of her deceased HUSBAND "a
Application has been made to Larkin u.
Meade, the sculptor, for designs, the cost
of the monument not to exceed $Zo,oUo'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-22

The center pier of the Hinsdale bridge
which was injured by the ice last week
has been repaired The river IS now
clear below White River Junction and
tbe only further danger anticipated Is
from high water and floating logs. There
is vet a good deal of snow to melt IN
some places