The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-21
VERMONT NEWS.


Burlington is in prospect with the incor-
of the Lake Champlain club, Inc,
which will locate its club house at Nal
let's Head in Colchester. The purposes
of the corporation are to build, own and
conduct a hotel and club house at Mall
let's Head to build, own and lease camp
houses or summer homes on the shores or
Lake Champlain, and to establish, own,
and conduct recreation grounds in c0nnec-
ton with the hotel or club house, and the
summer homes.
Wellington Gnu, nephew of the secre-
tary of the Chinese delegation at the dis
armament conference in Washington, is
to enter Middlebury college at the begin
ming of the second semester. il is an
nounced. His work during the remain
der Of the year will be of a preparatory
nature, as he will enter formally next
September with the class of 1926. Chu
country some years ago to secure an Eng
lish education. He comes to Middlebury
from the Huntington school, Boston.
Lucille Weatherwax, IS. who with
Helen Root, 10, was depOrted from Mon
treal recently, was arraigned in Burling
ton city court Thursday on the charge of
kidnapping the Root girl She pleaded
not guilty and her case was continued.
Sidelight on the booze-running methods
in vogue along the Canadian border was
revealed when the states attorney learned
from the girls that while in Montreal they
were offered S125 for each automobile load
of liquor which they would accompany
across the line. the inference being that
the customs officials would not be so sus-
picious of automobiles when the men were
accompanied by women.
Levi H. Bixby and Henry T. Farwell
yesterday settled in Montpelier probate
court their final account as administra-
tors of the will of James r. Langdon and
turned the assets, which are slightly
under S2,000.000, over to the trustees for
the benefit of the last surviving daughter.
| Miss Lizzie Langdon. The settlement
1 Shredder in New York. Mr.. Langdon
was prominent in the pioneer days of the
| Central Vermont railroad, of which he
was vice president. The estate has been
running upwards of p years.
| Vermont postmaster nominations and
] appointments are gradually filtering
i through the congressional selection mech
anism. Nominations received in the SEN
ate at Washington on Jan. is and re-
/ ferred to the committee on postOfice and
| postroadS are: Chester Lester c. Rhodes,
in place of a. B. Pollard commission ex-
pired Jan. >. 1920; Norwich. Robert G.
Olds, office became presidential July 1,
| 1921 Newbury, Ida Ii. Holton, Office be-
came presidential Apr. /, 1921. George i.
Flint was confirmed by the senate on Jan.
Ia as postmaster at Chelsea, VT.
Frank VI. Tatro, who was born in
Waterbury, is now presenting claim
through the press that he is the only heir
of Mrs. Margaret Eston of Brooklyn, y.
/ Y, who died apparently destitute but
was found to have cash. diamonds and
other property worth S1,O00,000. Tatro,
a truckman, now living in Providence
r. L., claims that his grandfather was
Mitchell White, who, he states, owned coal
mines on the other side of the Atlantic.
He says that his mother, who ran away
at 16 and married Peter Tatro, was a sis
ter of Mrs. Eston. He is said to have
pictures by which he hopes to prove the
relationship.