The Barre Daily Times from Barre, Vermont • 1

THE BARRE DAILY TIMES PRICE TWO CENTS BARRE VERMONT FRIDAY APRIL 24 1981 VOL No 35 FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIREBUG Butler Leti Ml 6 Montreal Firemen Hurt as They Fought Fire in Big Flour Mill Rebels Seize Weather Observatory And Capture Town of Cabo Gracias a Dios IN ye Disputes Bishop Cannon On Authority Declares Senate Committee Has Right to To 0r $ize Oregoi7 Police Stormy General of Marines Gets Leave SHOUSE AND FESS BOUT Alfonso's Aunt to Be Burled Saturday Dona Maria Isabella Francisca Died In Paris At Age of 80 Years Paris April 24 (AP) Hona Maria Isabella Rraneisca infanta of Spain who lived until 80 years old only to die in exile from her native land yesterday will be buried Saturday in the Pere Laehaise cemetery Don Jose Marie Quinones De Loon Spanish ambassador in Parts under the monarchy has placed his family vault at the disposal of her nephew the deposed Alfonso now in London for the interment Don Alfonso De Bourbon cousin of the king will represent him at the funeral It was Don wife the Infanta lleatrice a sister of Queen Marie of Rumania and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England who remained with Isabel or Isabella when all the rest of the royal family fled to France during last week's difficulties The body rested to-day in the simple rough brown robe of the Tertiary Fan-ciscan order with beside it a silver statuette of the Madonna Del Pilar Spanish nuns watched over it while a line of reverent Spanish monarchists passed the bier The aged infanta died in a clinic yesterday only a few days after her arrival in exile here from Madrid with the Infanta Beatrice AND WILL SPEND SEVERAL WEEKS SAYS UNCONFIRMED RADIO REPORT ANTI-SMITH OUTLAY BY THE BISHOP Caught by Falling Walls and Collapsing Floors as 200 of Them Battled Six Hours With Flames in Western Canadian Flour Mills Co Sandino Was Known to be In That In Getting the Oregon State Police Into Line But Nye Will Put the Matter up 'to the Committee COMPANY LOST $500000 IN SECOND FIRE IN TWO YEARS "0LDE TYME Was Observed by South BaYre Grange Last Evening Grange meeting at Solitli Barre slipped backwards to perhaps 100 years ago wlicu tymo was observed last evening Officers and several of the members were dressed in quaint and colonial costumes one of them worn by Mrs Gracia Dudley being 100 years old Much merriment was evinced when Lettie Wliittemore aud Vena Anderson entered as the flapper young ladies of 50 years back A program from the days of long ago was pronounced everyone as most enjoyable and was as follows: Sofig Long grange quartet: roll call naming something they used which is not used now by four of the older members Mrs Guv Howard Mrs Bessie Persons Alice Owens and George Allen the latter telling in an interesting way of the first meat used in Barre which lie lias now in his possession naming something we use now which our children will not by-four of the younger members Ruth Robinson Vciia Anderson Edith Webster Marjorie Worcester the latter answering with an original poem reading (Riley) Ellen Wheeler Ruth Webster and Madaline Dudley as Silas and Miranda sang On Your Uhl Grey Bonnet" A 0 Dickey gave a short but interesting talk on old time recreations and those old husking bees must have been something (o enjoy' One of the favorite ballads -the Ball" xvas sung by Weldon DeCoteau Pearl Webster gave the sweet old story of Country closing with the grange singing Old Kentucky Two sots of the old Virginia reel Were danced by tliise in costume Mrs John Worcester at the piano and Will Dudley calling out tile- old time changes every lady in her long dress trying to act as graceful as those who wore them so long ago Mr and Mrs Walker and Mrs Sicily of Capitol City grange acted as judges and announced Ceres Madaline Dudley aud assistant steward Douglas Gray as the ones entitled to the prizes ents of old fashioned gingerbread with whipped cream tea and coffee were served by Florence Donahue and Jennie Blanchard The next meeting May 14 will be one of the most beautiful of the year mother's night The lecturer asks that every grange mother make a special effort to be present State Marshal Preble Investigated Two Fires at Highgate State Fire Marshal A Preble who was a iaitor in Bane to-day stated that he hud been investigating the rumors of a firebug operating in Highgate recently and found the rumors to be without foundation The first fire of the present fluiry occurred April 21 at 5 a in in the house of A Skeels Mr Skeels started a paper fire in a stove and went cut to the barn returning soon to find the roof of the house afire No firebug suys Mr Preble would climb on the roof of an occupied house to set a fire The second ire was in the buildings of Jerry Raymond located a short distance from the Wheels place and directly in line of sparks from the Skeels fire with a strong wind blowing The Raymond fire did not break out until tile early morning of April 22 the day after the Skeels tire blit Mr Preble says that spitrks from the Skeels fire were still being blown from the ruins long after the tire had practically burned itself out in fact says Mr Preble there is no doubt that sparks from the Skeels fire ignited the Raymond buildings hs tile)' did the woods and grass some distance from the Skeels place Mr Raymond carried a small insurance on I) Is property Pilot Hurts Not Fully Known Still Unconscious This Morning At Heaton Hospital After Crash Yesterday At Berlin The full extent of the injuries sustained by Pilot Emery Dennis of Montpelier whose airplane crashed to earth yesterday near the Barrc-Mont-pellcr airport is not yet known He was unconscious at Heaton hospital fit Montpelier most of the time last night and this morning and additional X-ray photographs have been taken to learn more if possible about the nature of the injuries He was badly crushed in the cockpit of the "plane His companion in the flight Fred Osborne of Belle Isle Labrador is resting fairly comfortable at the hospital and his wife who has been staying in Greensboro has come to Montpelier Robert Hoyt an inspector of the aeronautical division of the United States Chamber of Commerce who had just been on from Washington to make an inspection of the airport was informed of the aecijdcnt as he was lioarding a train to go track to Washington He went to the scene of the accident yesterday afternoon and inspected the wrecked plane finding that there were no mechanical defects Pilot Dennis was in Barre Monday to take his annua! government test with the government examiners here and after a thorough test was found to lie in excellent physical and men-tal condition it was revealed to-dav Washington April 24 (AP) Major General Snicdley Butler of the United States marine corps will be given several leave of absence in order to organize the state police of Oregon Senator McNary called on President Hoover to-day and foupd that the chief executive had no objections to Butler being given leave for such duty Secretary Adams previously had told the Oregon Republican that he saw no reason xvhy General Butler should not be used Butler has said he would lie willing to assume the work' if he could obtain the leave of absence Tons of Flour Crashed Through Weakened Floors Creating Dense Clouds of Smoke That Forced Firement to Wear Masks DEATH OF HENRY BORRY Has Brought Out Attack and Counter Attack Washington April 24 (AP) The assertion by Senutor Fcss that a statement credited to Chairman Shouse of the Democratic national executive committee was "deliberate drew a sharp reply from the latter Shouse denied the Fesa accusation in the controversy around reputed Republican attacks on Chairman Raskob of the Democratic national committee and retorted that the "short and ugly word is one that gentlemen are very careful about The difference developed over a statement attributed to Shouse in his San Francisco speech on April 15 A newspaper quoted him as having said the Republican organization had brought for distribution 10000000 copies of an article written by Robert Cruise McManus attacking Raskob Chairman Fess of the Republican national committee said that was not true- He offered to donate $10000 Mr Democratic publicity bu reau if lie can prove that at any time the Republican national committee has either ordered or purchased or dis tributed any of the magazines for the article in the magazine to which he Shouse was so aroused over the Fess accusations that two statements in his name were issued yesterday from Deni ocratic headquarters He said the Republican national committee bad pub iislied and distributed a pamphlet eon tabling excerpts from a magazine article last September enti tied "Smear Hoover order to his subsidized That was what he said in San Francisco he added do Mr Fess the compliment to assume that even he knew enough about whot was going on at the Republican national headquarters to have knowledge of the circulation of the Shouse said never occurred to me that even the management of the Republican national committee would bo so stupid or so extravagant that it would buy copies of a magazine when it might reproduce in pamphlet form the portions of an individual article pertinent to its purpose and circulate them as it He added that in last election studied effort was made to emphasize John Raskob as an issue because of his membership in the Catholic Referring to another newspaper quoting Fess last September as saying he had not know Raskob was a Catholic Shouse added: good doctor may have told the truth He may not have known that John Raskob is a member of the Catholic church but if not he is no doubt the only man having any prominent connection with politics in America who did not know this and who had not known it from the time of selection as chairman of the Democratic national committee in the summer of Fainted On Recalling Last Words Wife of Slain Gasoline Station Employe Collapsed When Questioned At Trial of Suspects Cambridge Mass April 24 (AP) Mrs Mary Ilagtii collapsed to-day for the second time while testifying at the trial of three youths charged with the slaying of her husband Evange lista Ilagni a Somerville gasoline station employe Mrs Bagni was being questioned concerning testimony of yesterday in which she said her husband lmd told her lie did not think the three men would shoot him liecausc were smiling at William Lewis counsel for John Oliver one of the defendants asked Mrs Bagni if she believed the smiles of her slayers were smiles of joviality or cruelty She swayed and fell from the witness stand Yesterday she collapsed while relating her dying words Besides Oliver the defendants in the ease are John Wall and Walter Sousa Montreal Que April 24 (AP) Caught in falling walla and collapsing floors six firemen were injured to-day as tiro for the second time in two years destroyed the block-square plant of the Western Canadian Flour Mills company The liremen some of whom were serious injured were taken to a hospital Two hundred firemen succeeded after six hours in bringing the fire under control but not before persons living in nearby buildings were ordered to leave The damage was estimated at $500000 Starting in an elevator shaft the blaze spread quickly Tons of flour crashed through the weakened "floors creating dense clouds of smoke that forced firemen to wear gas ipaakp New Orleans April 24 -An unconfirmed radio repprt as received here to-day that flic Sandino bandits had taken the tow of Calx) Gracilis a Dios Nis-arngiia and laid destroyed the United States weather observatory there Official confirmation of the report was lacking because the Tropical radio has not been in direct touch with Caba (Jraeias a Dios since the bandits on a previous raid dismantled the radio station there Outlaws have lieen reported in the neighborhood of the town since their first attack west of Puerto Vabezas some sixty miles south of the cape GRAFT PROBERS OFFERED AID City Commissioner Volunteers Records of His Office New York April 24 (AP) lames A Higgins city commissioner of accounts has called on Samuel Seabury counsel for a legislative committee investigating the city anil offered his cooperation As a result Mr Seabury assigned liis assistant Jacob Gould Schurman jr to examine the records of Mr office and determine wliat material was needed At various times the commissioner of accounts has conducted examinations of city affairs His inquiries however are not related to tlic present investigations Newspapers reported to day that the Tammany boar dof strategy had decided to attack the legislative investigation on the ground the resolution authorizing the committee's work gives it powers in defiance of the constitution The part of the resolution on which Tammany board of strategy had de-ulatcs that no witness may decline to testify oa the ground that it may incriminate or degrade him The New York Herald Tribune said the first witness ho believes his constitutional privileges invaded will find himself protected ly a staff of attorneys Other developments included the discovery that Ferrari who gave testimony concerning labor racketeering lwd been the victim of a mysterious assavilt which sent him to Harlem hospital He was too seriously wounded to tell of the attack Ferrari is an officer in the International union In tile ouster proceedings against District -Attorney Grain yesterday Watson Washburn irmer assistant attorney in charge of the bureau of securities testified that Mr Crain had obstructed the prosecution of stock racketeers who swindled New York residents out of $100000000 last year The charge was made after Mr Crain taking the stand in hi i own defense had offered his own inquiry into the courts He said that his work had made possible the present investigation TO CRUSH REBELS Washington April 24 (AP) Clmir man Nye said to-day he believed the Senate campaign funds committee hud full authority to investigate the 1928 anti-Smith expenditures of Bishop James Cannon jr of the Methodist Episcopal churchy South Bishop Cannon has challenged the committee's right to investigate the use he made of $65000 turned over to him bv Jameston of New York in 1928 to oppose former Governor Alfred Smith the Democratic presidential candidate in Virginia "From xvhat consideration I have given to Bishop Cannon Chairman Nye said am convinced the committee has right to Nye said however he would place Bishop Cannon's protest before the committee as soon as he could get it together A meeting was scheduled for today but Nye was not sure a quorum could be obtained Two members arc in Washington and Senator Wagner Democrat New York who would complete the quorum is expected within the next few days No Word of Petition for Resignation Birmingham Ala April 24 (AP) Bishop Ainsworth president of the College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church South to-day said he knew nothing of report of a petition being circulated requesting the resignation of Bishop James Cannon jr as a bishop in the church "I know nothing of this he said "except what I read in the morning aper and so far as I know Bishop Cannon's turn as president of the College of Bishops ill be taken in the regular MORE FOREST FIRE LOSS Berlin Reported One Fire Covering Two Acres Forestry Commissioner Perry Merrill continues to receive reports of forest fires which have been fought in the state during the dry spell Two have been reported from Bethel both caused ly burning brush one an acre of grass land the other two acres of grass laud and jiasture A grass and pasture fire in Berlin which covered two acres is supposed to have caught from the railroad Fifteen cords of wood were destroyed A careless smoker in Cabot started a fire which spread through two and a half acres of young spruce and fir which was four or five feet tall Poultney had a two-acre woodland fire caused by smokers and in Hart-land ten acres of land were burned over an acre of which had on it a mixed stand of timber eighteen inches Hi diameter This was also due to careless smoking A neglected camp fire was the cause of a 15 aere blaze iu Bolton on land timbered with spruce and hemlock At Readsboro smokers caused a fire xvhich burned over an acre and a half of woodland Occurred Late Yesterday as Result of Shocks Henry Borry of 13 street passed away at 0 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the City hospital where he had been a patient only since Monday Mr Borry suffered a shock about two years ago and a second one in February Since that time he had been confined to his bed Born in Sharon Quebec on June 27 1860 the son of John and Louise Borry be passed the early portion of his life in that country As a young man he came to lls country anil took up the occupation of a farmer Since 1886 he litis resided in and around Barre operating farm in Washington for some years lie fore he came to this city He was united in marriage 40 years ago in Plattsburg to Julia Tellestmic who survives him Besides hi wife lit- leaves two daughters Mrs Ed Morrill of Schrie-ber Out end Mrs William Christie of this city also one soil Arthur Borry of Barre Four brothers and one sister also survive him They are Ira Borry of Berlin Michael Borry of Mooers Zeb Borry of West hazy and Mrs Rosario La-bounty of He leaves eight grandchildren Lorraine and Mary Christie Erie Phyllis Doris Ralph Warren and Ktamey Morrill Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed and will be announced later WILLIE MATHESON PNEUMONIA DEATHS HEAVY Beautiful Displays In Better Homes Exhibits Barre Armory Transformed Into a Place of Great In- terest Bane's fourth annual Better Homes exhibit opened yesterday afternoon at the armory and a large number of people were present during the afternoon and evening to see various exhibits of home necessities and improvements as well as tlic unusually licau-tiful decorative effects that feature the show The Better Homes exhibit is being Reid by local merchants in celebration of national Better Homes week sponsored by President Hoover and other prominent Americans Many things for the improvement ami lieaiilificatioii of the liotiselioW are displayed in the attractive booths set up about the arpipry The exhibits range through building finance plans building materials paints furnishings plumbing electrical appliances and clothing down even to the groceries for the kitchen Portuguese Government Sending Troops to Madeira Islands Lisbon April 24 Additional reinforcements were to leave here to-day- aboard- ho liner Nyassa for the Madeira islands xvlicjc the principal city Funchal is in the hands of rebels The troops with others already en-route to the islands-are to-gather at nearby San Pedro -Santo isle aud -from there undertake a campaign against Funchal bombarding the city if necessary the government says Thirty thousand British rifles newly arrived from England were being served out to the' troops and to those remaining in Portugal who because of communism allegedly spreading across the border from Spain may be called upon to maintain order Three seaplanes troops artillery and provisions are aboard the Nyassa Research Shows Diabetes and Cancer Also Prevalent New York April 24 Influenza and pneumoni in the first three months this year caused more than one-sixth of the total deaths of its policy holders the Metropolitan Life Insurance company announced to-day The report also indicated there had been an increase of deaths due to diabetes and cancer mainly in industrial regions west of the Rocky mountains On the whole the survey indicated there had been an improvement in the general health 'ccord The rise in the tuberculosis death rate especially among negroes the report said anything but The death rate from measles scarlet fever and whooping cough um Former Barre Resident Died After a Confinement WATERFRONT THIEF CAUGHT Willie Matliesou 39 died at 4:30 o'clock vesterdav afternoon at the 1 lie show though not as large as some 'jtaI aftor for wprU in past years is much more attractive nf Mnfillmnf Jt the hall decorations being very tine and the booth uncommonly well dee- of confinement there with intestinal trouble He was born ill Barre Feb show ed no important changes while the diphtheria claim showed a let-up This is attributed to the increased use of toxin immunizations A marked increase in suicides among white persons also was noted No cause was given Deaths from automobile accidents also increased sharply the records NORWICH GETS $10000 As Its Share Of Estate of George Ellis Xdrthfield April Receipt of $10000 by Norwich university from the estate of the late George Ellis of New York was announced to day by President Charles A Plumley This gift along with similar amounts for Imth the University of Vermont and Middlebury college was made possible through an act passed by the Vermont legislature last winter at the instigation of George A Ellis of New York a nephew of the dead man hi his will the elder Ellis made a bequest of $100000 to the state of Vermont on condition that it create a merger of the three colleges If no such college combination should be effected within five years the money should go to Columbia university iu New York the will stipulated Because a merger of the three colleges is out of the question the Vermont institutions paid no more attention to the matter In the meantime the mem-lier HATHAWAY CASE POSTONED One Rescued From Drowning Others Swam to Safety Boston April 24 (AP) One of three alleged waterfront thieves was dragged from the harbor to-day by a police boat patrol which surprised them in their rowboat The man was Salvatore Volta 24 of East Boston He was rescued as lie was about to go down for the third time His two companions who with Volta bad taken to the water at the approach of the police escaped by swimming Three barrels of lobsters they were alleged to have stolen were found on a nearby wharf After Volta recovers from the effects of his immersion he will be charged with larceny police said He was taken to the Haymarket Relief hospital 12 1892 the son of Archie and Elizabeth Matheson At the age of 13 lie went to East '1'opsham to make his home with Mrs Emma Jane Brown where he operated the farm for her Mrs Brown treated him as her own son and he remained there until four weeks ago when lie went to the hospital His own parents had died years ago He is survived by two sisters Mrs Bert Wheeler of Greenfield Mass and Mrs Robert Hubbard of Sunderland Mass one brother John Matheson of Boston and several nieces and nephews The body was taken to the Whitcomb funeral home in East Barre and funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the West Topsham church with burial in West Topsham cemetery Mayor Car Tagged In Street Mayor Lays It to Assistant Police Commissioner Schwarz Recently Resigned Boston April 24 (AP) Mayor James Curley left a barber shop to-day to find his automobile tagged for violation of a traffic ordinance and the mayor was just as disturbed as any private citizen Patrolman John Dolan who pinned the tag on the ear also was embarrassed to put it mildly thought his car was No 350 not said Dolan suppose be transferred to tlic When asked about the affair Traffic Commissioner Joseph Condry said: a nice Police Commissioner Eugene Hult-man would not even discuss the weather The mayor who said he did not blame Patrolman Dolan professed to see Leo Schwarz as the villian in the piece Just previous to the tagging he had received Mr resignation as assistant police commissioner Referring to the tag as a to your he forwarded it to Schwarz with Wife Charges Threat to Kill Manslaughter Charge Will be Brought in Two Weeks Newport April 24 The case of Elliott Hathaway of Fail River who is charged with slaying Verna Russell student nurse was again continued in district cdurt to-day for two weeks Assistant Attorney Genera! Sigmund Fischer informed fudge Max Levy that the state hud not entirely completed its ease Samuel I Jacobs counsel for Hathaway offered no objections to the continuance The strang ed body of Miss Russell was found in a Tiverton lane several weeks ago Hathaway surrendered to Rhode Island authorities in North Attleboro Mass after lie had eluded of-eers for two days allege that Hathaway and Miss Russell went riding the night of the crime APPEALED JAIL SENTENCE HOOVE GOING TO VIRGINIA To Join in Celebration of English Colonists Landing Washington April 24 (AP) President Hoover to-morrow will turn southward to take part in the celebration of an anniversary of one of the country's important Historical events He will join Sutulay iu a pilgrimage to Cape Henry Virginia where 324 years ago Bngltsli colonists landed and stopped for a few days before journeying to Jamestown and establishing the first permanent English colony in America Last October the President went to King's Mountain North Carolina and made an address celebrating the battle of King's fountain an important engagement of the Revolutionary war The chief executive Mrs Hoover and a small party ill go from Washington to Little Creek inlet about five miles rom the cape on a 140-foot inspection Host belonging to the department of commerce There a special train will meet him aboard which will be Governor Pollard of Virginia and other dignitaries After attending church service the party will return to hr inlet and embark for the return voyage to Washington Present plans call for the departure papers and received a loan of $57514 from Washington Saturday afternoon He was paid by a cheek which lie It will take about 18 hours for the forged and entered officials claimed younger Ellis who is a New York attorney worked out the plan that has now brought $10000 to each of the three colleges He found that Columbia rather than wait five years for $100000 would take $70000 now the remainder to be divided among the Vermont colleges A bill introduced into the Vermont legislature by Dean Roberts of Norwich Northfield's of the House of Representatives made it possible to effect this arrange nient lias been most gratifying to Ellis wrote to Plumley in a let ter which accompanied the check for $10000 "to have been able to work out something for the benefit of the Vermont colleges especially out of a situation which looked so hopelessr of Cambridge Man Held on Charge Getting Money Falsely Boston April 24 (AP) Federal officers to-day arrested Charles Boy dan of Cambridge charging he secured a loan from the Veterans' bureau by posing as another man Boydan lives in the same house ns Sherman MeC'log-key and the authorities allege lie obtained McCloskey's World wnr service August Pivovar Charged with Driving So as to Endanger Life Lawrence i-Iass April 24 (AP) August Pivovar 17 of Windham appealed a three jail sentence and was held in $500 for the superior court to-day on a charge of driving so as to endanger life A manslaughter charge was dismissed Police charge that on Apiil 14 his automobile struck and fatally injured Lionel Beau-chesne 16 of Pelham who was riding a bicycle in Methuen And Manuel Cueto Was Arrested In Montpelier Having Loaded Revolver In His Pocket Manuel Cueto of 20 Merchant street Barre was arrested on the streets of Montpelier shortly after 8 last night by Patrolman I) Sloan and placed in the Washington county jail while an investigation is being made by State's Attorney 0 Granai of charges that he had threatened his wife Patrolman Sloan having received word at the police statimi that Cueto has made threats to kill his wife aud that he had gone to Montpelier xvent out on the streets and soon found his man from whom he took a loaded 32 calibre rim-fire revolver Cueto also had thirteen loaded shells in his pockets Mrs Cueto who is staying in Montpelier temporarily was questioned and told the officer that her husband lmd threatened to kill her both iu Wil-liamstoxvn where they formerly lived and in Harre the last occasion being a xveek ago MISSING GIRL FOUND orated and arranged The beauty of arrangement is the chief topic for comment on the part of those visiting the how Hooker and company have taken three booths at the show in one there is a display of the various nexv models of Frigidaires the General Motors refrigerator General Motors radios Dupont paints and varnishes as well as a complete line of wall papers A second booth has been arranged in the form of a living room featuring a Torrcy-Warreu tapestry suite togeth er with tables cluiirs lamps and a see retary iu harmony all arranged on a beautiful Anglo-Persian rug The room is a very pretty one and most tastefully arranged In the third booth the concern is showing group displays well placed of antique style rock nia)l furuitytre The colonial note is carried out by the use of hooked rugs and antique glassware The display is causing much favorable comment The Allen Liunlier company has a largo booth in which all kinds of building materials are lieing shown togeth cr with many novelties for the home produced iu wood A Crawford over head type garage door is one of the feature of the exhibit and model fireplace also calls for considerable compliments on its beauty The possibilities of built-in appliances for the home is stressed The Ladd company store has set up an attractive and novel booth in the form of a miniature grocery store Business is actually done at the booth many housewives finding just xvhat they are looking for on display Groceries fruit and canned gmils are featured Luncheon is served to the ladies at the booth a gelatin salad with crackers of various kinds forming the menu The booth needless to say is popular The Green Mountain Power corporation has a brilliantly lighted booth in which labor saving household devices are displayed Two different types of Hot-point electric ranges are on display and three of the General Electric refrigerator models An electric water eooler set tip in the booth provides orangeade to the thirsty The display is In charge of Miss Cornelia Foote home service director who is opening a new home service branch for tne company in this section Miss Foote actually cooks on one of the ranges set up and invites housewives to rail on her to help them solve their household problems Tie (jranite City creamery provides one of the most varied displays of the entire show Perhaps the greatest novelty is a colony of bees actually at work on honey combs In a glass case (Continued on page seven) FUNERAL OF MRS BILODEAU St Church Well Filled With Friends The funeral of Mrs Maurice Bilodeau who passed away at her home in upper Graniteville Tuesday morning was held from St Sylvester's church this morning at 9 o'clock Rev Lachance officiating The bearers were Theodore Bilodeau Albert Bilodeau Kudore Turcotte Edward Fournier Charles Poulin and William Mitchell Burial was in the family lot in St Silvester's cemetery The church xvas well filled with friends and relatives and members of St Ann society attended in a body Among those from ouCof town were Michel Routhicr Louis Koiitliicr Theodore Routhier West Broughton Israel Bilodeau Alfred Droiiin Marie Laure Bilodeau Thetford Mines Mrs Louis Frechette Quebec City Alphonse Bilodeau Manchester $4500 SUIT LT MITCHELL TO FT MONROE Barre Man Has Been Assigned to Duty There Boston April Lieut Floyd A Mitchell coast artillery A whose home Aldress is stated as Barre Vermont will lie relieved from duty with the 12th Coast Artillery school in September for duty as a student at the Coast Artillery school Fort Monroe Va where he now is serving with Ills regiment according to war department orders received here Lieutenant Mitchell was commissioned in the regular army in 1024 upon graduating from the United States Military academy Gone From Her Home Christine Miller Found in Home Los Angeles April 24 (AP) Fear that Christine Irene Miller 16 missing from her San Francisco home since April 8 had fallen into the hands of a killer were dissipated today when she was found in an apartment here with her mother Mrs Lena Miller the mother has been separated from her husband several years Miss Miller said she came here because she preferred to live with her mother trip part o-f which will he in the open waters of Chesapeake bay The theft was discovered when Mo-Closkey attempted to obtain a loan nt tlic bureau Boydan was held for the federal grand jury' ULSTER GAJTTE GHOST LAID With Statement That Only Three Original Copies Known to Exist New York April 24 (AP) The ghost of the Ulster County Gazette has been laid Three original copies of The Gazette for Jan 4 1800 felling of the funeral of Geor Washington have just licen deposited in Washington it is related by Vail librarian of the American Antiquarian society in a bulletin of the New York Public library They are the only three copies known All over the country people are hoarding ropies of The Gazette lie-lieving them to be valuable and bringing them out to public view and newspaper notice on birthday So far as known these all are a part of the flood of reproductions dating from the Philadelphia centennial There were 75 different reprints The original however has some including liandqnade paper and watermarks which are missing in the copies CONDUCTOR FATALLY CRUSHED Harry Booth Victim at Palmer Mass Freight Yards rainier Mass April 24 Harry Booth of Worcester a railroad conductor was fatally injured early to-day He was crushed between two cars in the freight yards here HAD 180 BOTTLES Thomas Shay of Burlington Arrested at East Alburg St Albans April 24 (AP) Thomas 8hay of Burlington xvas arrested last night at East Alburg by custom officers who said they found 180 bottles of liquor in his at immobile EDITORIAL WINNERS NAMED Workmen Injured in Collapse of Walls New York April 24 (AP) Two workmen were injured one seriously when the walls of the Harrison hotel in Brooklyn which they were demolishing suddenly coljapsed to-day Police said the men had arrived for work but a few moments before the three-story structure already weakened by wreckers' activities crashed AYER FINANCES UNSOUND Accountant Found Late Tax Collector Short $4000 Boston April 24 Ed xx aid II Fenton chief examiner of the slate division of accounts reported to-day that the town of Ayer was in poor financial condition Fenton examined the flnaneln I standing of tile own mid found among other firings that Herbert Phinnoy late town collector lmd a discrepancy of more than $4000 hi liis account Theodore Waddell director of the division of neoounts an id examination of the rppended balance sheet shows the torni is in a poor financial condition Although the surplus revenue of the town amounted to $81431 nt the end of the fir ml year 1030 thrre arc overdrn via accounts for the year 1030 aggregating $104840 which must rr- Two Children Arc Dead From Burns Their Parents Cannot Live and Baby Is Seriously Burned Near Portsmouth Ohio Portsmouth Ohio April 24 (AP) Two children hurried to dentil another was burned seriously and their parents were probably tfntally burned by Hn explosion of kerosene In the home of Arthur Crabtree near here to day The dead were: Charles Crabtree eight and Harold Crabtree six The parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Crabtree 40 and 35 respectively so seriously burned that physicians said they eould not live A six months' old bnhv xvas burned Summer Home Burned Loss $15000 Don import Mass April 24 The summer Koine of Altx Finn at Hynnnis park xvas destroyed liy fire to-day For a time other houses wore endangered The house xvas valued at $15000 Saranac Boy Won the Editorial Writing Contest Des Moines a April 24 (AP) Winners in editorial writing Vocabulary and ad writing contests conducted by Quill and Scroll national high school journalism society were announced to day by Professor Gallup of Drake university First prize in the editorial writing contest went to David Hall of Sara-nac Lake Other winners in that oldest xvir Richard Brandt of Seneca Falls and Florence Hewitt of Bridgeport Conn James Babcock of Toledo 0 won the vocabulary contest Herman Pecore Sued as Result of Fatal Accident Middlebury April 24 Damages of $43000 are asked for the death of Noel 0 Thompson who died of injuries received in an automobile accident January 1 Lydia Thompson administrator of the estate yesterday brought suit against Herman Pccor In two se-tioha one for $35000 for the benefit of the estate mid another for $10000 The accident occurred near Shore-ham as Mr Thompson Robert Potter and Mr Pecore were oil their way fishing The truck skidded went over an embankment and struck a tree Mr Potter died that night and Mr Thompson txvo days later Mr Pecore Died At East Brsintree Mrs Josephine (Rand) Keyes died this morning at her home in East Washington April 24 Loans war veterans under the legislation passed by the last Congress on April 18 totaled $562360030 to 1482672 holders of compensation certificates The veterans bureau has 'an additional $16500 pending applications Btaintree The funeral will probably held oil Sunday Mrs Keyes xvas In the ad writing eouteat Truman he raised in 1931 to avoid a revenue about the lxidy and face but hope was the mother of George and A Hold of Watbena Kan was first held for hia recovery Rand of this city I.