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VOL. 45. NO. 15. CANTON, N. Y.. T0ESDAY. JUNE 26, 1917. $1,00PER YEAS

FOUR MURDEREDAT STOCKHOLM

FRANK DRICtf&S, FARM HAND,COMMITS FRIGHTFUL

CRIME.

Three Men and Woman Slain WithWinchester Without' Apparent Mo-tive—Murderer Gives Himself Upto Authorities at Potsdam—HasHearing Friday and Is Now in St.

1 Lawrence County Jail at CantonAwaiting the Course of the Law.The ruth-less slaying of -throe men

and a woiman <on Thursday evening ata farm house in the town of Stock-holm, St. Lawrence County, by FrankDriggs, a farm hand, is by far themtest 'brutal, and unusual homiciderecorded in the criminal annals of St.La/wrcnce County. There have beenmurders committed within the boun-daries of titoe county, but at periods re-mote of one a.notLhier, avndaitail: tibiesthere has beiem the apparent motivewhich has been disclosed on trial, butin. thte case of Frank Driggs, whokilled the LaDue brothers, their sis-'tier and Dr. Jenkins with a Winches-ter rifle, one aftfer the other in coldblood, wifthout' apparent cause or pro-vocation, there floats ;'he haze ofmystery. Driggs before or after thecrime has mat displayed the actions•of a man • wiitib mental unbalance orpeculiarity that would mark hima maid man. The crime was not com-mitfbefd in- the midst off a quarrel, noris there evidence thus far disclosedthat there was any ill wiH of the mur-derer toward "the men and woman heslew. There could have been no suchill will or anger toward the innocentphysician, who stumbled into thetrap of death a short' • time afterDriggs 'had committed Dive tripplemurder.

The crime was com nutted at whatis known as the Buck farm in the•town of Stockholm,, at about 7.30Thursday night. The victims \iercHenry LaDue, aged 45; James La-Due, his brother, aged 48, and their-si-siter, Mrs. Josephine Rogers, aged55, and Dr. Theron Jenkms, of Brash-er Falls who called ait tihe Ivousie pro-fessionally to attend Driggs who h-adbeen complaining, of illness. Theweapon used was a .38 Winchesterrifle. After commit ting the four mur-ders, Driggs, who. is about twenty-five years old, caused Harriot LaDuc,tih-e .eighteen year old niece of themurdered brothers and sister to ac-company him for a ride, to whatpoint or for what purpose she didnot knefw.

It was shortly after midnight onthe night of the crime when Driggswalked into police headquarters atPotsdam and -coaifromted. OfficerStone on duty there, with the sitatie-•menit: "I'm a murderer." The start-led officer locked the man up andCurned to the girl who accompaniedhim for corroboratiion. The girl con-firmed the stafceraent. Stone called•Chief Leahy and notified the sheriff'soffice and Coroner Smith of Win-•tihrap. On the arrival of the officers,the girl told her story, clearly anddistinctly, with a remarkable regardfor detail, all of which proved cor-

CENSUS TABULATIONBY YOLPTEERS

WILL BE DONE WITHOUTCOST TO THE SfrATE

Experts From Private (CorporationsHave Offered Their Services Freeto the State in Huge Jab of CensusTabulation.The tabulation . and as sembling of

data made available as a result of thestate census and inventory of mili-tary resources now being taken willbe done at what is calleshop," which occupies 18,000 squarefeet of floor space in oneYork city buildings at 49 Lafayettestreet. Electrical handling, sortingand punching machineslatest type will be used.

N"ot only will the wothe census of 5,000,000

the "work-

MEETING TOBE PATRIOTIC

ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY SUF-FRAGE CONVENTION

of the New

of the very

•k of takingmales and

females between the [ages of sixteen and fifty years, inclusive, bedone without cost to the state, butunder arrangements completed byCapt. G. G. Henry, director -of censusthe tremendous task o compilingthe returns will be done- practicallyfree of cost.

When the state census law waspassed, Governor Whitman let it beknown that he wanted ^he best jobpossible done for the least possiblemoney. -Captain Henry1 volunteeredhis services as director of the census,and he secured Arthur Hunter, actu-ary for the New York Life Insur-ance Company, and president of t he

The suffragists of St. LawrenceCoiunty will, ait tlhdr Convention inCanton next Wednesday, join im .cele-brating the passage of the suffragebill m the- House of Commons ofGreat Britain.

On Wednesday, June 20 the Houseof Commons of England by a vote of385 for atid 55 against passed Hhe wo-man suffrage bill extending Uhe fran-chise to over 6,000,000 English worn-n.The St Lawrence County Conven-

ition will be held in, the Court Houseat Canton, the opening session calledfor 10 o'clock. Mrs; Robert Ford,chairman oi the fourth campaign dis-trict will call the meeting to order.1 he morning session w?H be devotedto the reports of officers of fhie firstand second assembly districtis andthe electwm. draStrrofc captainis, clubpresidents and chairmen otf commit-

CANTON RED CROSSSEEKS 1000 NAMES

NEW DOG LAW INFORCE JULY .FIRST

Actuarial Society ofplan the work of compilation.

\merica, to

L. H. McCall, purchasthe New York Life, gav<free as manager of theF. D. Mack, consulfin

ing agent ofhis services"workshop",

engineer,serves astain I-L-

chief lieutenant -to Cap-wit h no

Other important'men wservices to the state fowork were H. B. Tolccashier of the New ^>ris general manager ofFrancis Woods, an attcheadquarters at Albain charge of all co-rrespHome Defense committcty directors of the censuolph, syndicate clerkSalomon and Co., Captabrokerage firm, whouniform correspondenceties and who has charglists and' records coverities.

Only experts couldworking the expensapparatus used in theing counting and sor

ompensation.o gave their

r the censusn, assistant: Life, who

the censusrney, who isy; Thomasndence with

es and coun-us; J. J. Ru-

f Williamin Henry'sin. charge of

with coun-e of keeping

ice-chairman of tihie N'Cw Yiork S'tateWoman Suffrage Party. Mrs. La:id-law is a woman of charm and tact,deeply interested in the can so off wo-

L , men everywhere, in beittor house-ng the coun- j M i e p j n g f be,ttler a a r e ,af chiWnen andbe* used ine electricalcard punch-

ing system,

rect when the' officersscene. Miss LaDue is

reached -theattractive

girl, of medium height amd light com-plexion. She was obviously under aterrible straw from her ordeal, butmanaged to finish before sine brokedown. She was carried from tihoraom by the officers and taken fo thehome of Chkf Leahy, where she isunder the care of Dr. S. P. Brown.

Her story follows:"I lived at the LaDuc house. Driggs

has* worked there since Last Sep-tember. He had always been of apeculiar makeup and had sulky dayswhctti he would be melancholy. LastMonday, luc was sick all day. Hewouldn't ^at anything and complain-ed of a paiin in his side. Tuesdayhe went to Winter op to see Dr.Buck. He went to Ixd, but was in.-•the n,cxt day in the house. Thurs-day he h-clped do fh-c choir es. Inthe aftcrmoton, Mrs. Ropers wantedto go to Wmithrop. Th-e boys, (MissLaDite's uncles) had 'twm go with

and as there was not time enough inwhich to train a sufficient numberof them, the big corporations of NewYork were asked to designate someof their men for this vjork. Againthe volunteer response! was prompt,and the "workshop" lids 1,000 em-ployes working at full (speed, few ofwhom get salaries froThe first corporationswere the New YorkLHpolitan Life, Burns 1Company, Otis ElevaCitizens National Ba

m the state,to volunteere, the Metro-rothers Coalor Company,k, Hanover

GREAT ACTIVITY SHOWN INORGANIZATION

Remember t<hfi Red Cross slogam:One-thousand tnembers folr Camitom!Half of the number has been securedand many Ofthets are about fo join.

Owing to the courtesy 0* **Mr.Wriley N. Beard a Red Cross of-fice has been e'StabBshed in the stoveoccupied by the American!. ExpressCompany and j enrollmeavtis may beleft there at any time. /

Gratitude is due many local peoplewhoi are showing favors to the RedCross organization; among them Mr.Hughx S'herida'in, who managed tflieball game wrth the Havana RedSox; Mr,*G. J. IDusckas who gave 35per cent-of his receipts Thursday;Mr. John A. Finniga-n who printedthe hand bills • advettsing the latter,several young b6ys who adiied in dis-tributing them{ and Mr. J. A. Mar-shall who will accept enrollmentswhietn there is no one »n charge of theRed Cross office.

A Red Cross rally was held at theMothadist Church in Russell onWednesday evenrng at which thework of the organization wa«s ex-ptewiwed and commended by Rev. W.H. Summers, Prof. George E. Hunt-ley and Dr. L. E. Heaiton. The lat-ter, who was recently in New YorkCity, toild of the work and conditionsshe observed there. Mrs. F. A. Tere-pell was appointed chairman of theenrollment co*mmi*ttiee for that vicin-ity; and 29 per.sans joimed and manyid i i i i

ALL CANINES MUST HAVE ALICENSE.

Mrs. James Lees LaidlawAt eleven o'clock ither-c1 will be

open discussion o'n the plans for workJ L Lkll fip p

led by Mrs. James Lees, first

bet'ter care of -municiipalibik ill b

Atptwelve o'clock there will be tihie elec-tion of oiffioeTs for the coming yearwi'th adjournment at pnie oi'cl'ock forl b

indicated their intention. .The new enrollments are

lows:as fol-

Fred A. Gilimore, .Myro.n W'hitte-more, Mrs/ Edna Myers, Dr. A.. L.Ladd, Jennett E. Gibbons, Mrs. T. J.Hamiltom, Mrs. W. H. Summers,Mrs. G. G. Dodds, Mrs. D. C. Ban-croft, Mrs. Edgar Backus, Gwendo-line Garrison, Gladys Summers, Mrs.Herbert' Morgan, F. E. Farmer, Ed-

J. O. Royal,vard McCoimJck.

Cyrus E. Broeffle,>Trs. John Dunphy, Mrs. A. L. Ladd,Myron BYown, John Eggleston, Lib-

H h Geo. E. Bartholomew,bie Hatch,Mrs. Leliia Price, Camerom Price,

National Bank, Williaml Salomon &Burns Brothers Ice Company,the InigersoU-Ratjid Company.

brt order and

Co.,and _ ,Others followed, in shwith very little difficuT?'iop". staff was orga:he stated work wot

y the "work-:ed so that

Id interfere

her. She also- went to Holmes Hill.At the chore time after supp<cr, hestayed in the house. I help-ed withMr?. Rogers, She w,e;nt in before Idid. When I came1, be was sitting ina rocking chair. Mrs. Rogers askedme to go to one oi the neighbors fora hot water bottle fr him. I _ went.I came back in abut 15 minutes,and when I came in the door, Iregrabbed me and told me he was go-i-ng to carry me away. I stood andpleaded and argued with him. Jim(.one of the LaiDue Brothers) camern. He asked me what was thematter, and if Driggs had tried toharm me. I told him he hadn't.

"Then I saw D,riggs come withgun. It was a Winchester gun> wehad to sho^t crows with. He'raisediit ait my uncl<e and fired. He hithim In the shoulder. I saw thieblood spunt. He got up and startedto fighit, when Driggs hit him wrththe end of the gun. Then he tookme upstairs and bound and gaggedme. FinaJly he trft me.

I heard Sandy (Henry LaiDue)come in. He asked where Ji|m**was.There was a shot. I heard Sandyplead with him (Dri>gg$) for his life.Then I heard him (Driggs) strikehim (Henry LaDu-e) wriith the gun.

"Driggs cajme back upstairs andtold me to dress. I did. He gaggedme. Then he we nit out, and a»s Ifound out, wemt tp Steektberg's (aneighbor's) to get a horse. It mustbe that he picked up something toeai for I heard dishes. He pkfeed

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as little as possible with the neces-sary work of the corpjrations loan-ing their employes. I

The system workedi out by Mr.Hunter is considered perfect. Hehas had many years of experience inthe use of -perforated :ard systejnsand tabulating machinery in connec-tion with the researches of the Ac-tuarial Society of vital statistics.Fully 100 punching machines arc tobe used, to say nothing of scores ofother electrical maclines that w:Henable the state to lleajrn speedilywhat its military strjength is andwhere it lies. j ,.•

In three or four mobths the statewill have a card file of the qualifica-tions of its people. Oh short noticethe authorities will be jable to ascer-tain definitely the location and num-ber of persons acquainted with avia-tion, garment makingL ammunitionmanufacture, engineerjing and otheractivities; how many (own and areable bo operate motor vehicles; whocan operate a telegraph or wirelessinstrument and so on. j

Each item of inforniation on thequestion blanks is cojled by meansof a number symbol, ^nd then pass-ed on to the punch malchine operatedby a girl. In eight hours one girlcan punch 2,000 eardsi These canbe sorted at the rate^ of 10,000 anhour, and thrown into |so-called pock-

The luncheon, will be im charge ofbhe ladies of the Mieitihodist Episcoipalchurch, Mrs>. Cyrus* Clark chairman,and will be .served in the dining poor''of tihe church. This wMj be at pailujiotticlunchtcoti witlhi appropnitate decora-tions and with after-dinner speechesan the topic of "Women and PatrioticService." Guests at fohie itin-cheton willinclude Mr. Julius Frank, Mayor ofOgd/ems'burg, Mr. Royal N.«wtom,chairman of the St. Lawrence Coun-ty .Home Defense Com-mittiae, MrsJairmes Lcies Laiidkuw of Netw YorkCity, Mr. Andrew Invimg of fhie HomeDefense Committee and tihe Rev. C.G. Rotap of the Presbyteriatn Church,Can ten. Erol Biird, StL Laiv^rearceGoiunty Farm Bureau Manager, andMrs. Robert Foird, chairman -otf the4th Campaign District. Pn&si'dimg attftw luncheon will be:Mrs: C. M. Hale,

the Caimton- Suffrage

,Thetma Garrison, Alice G, Pike, Mrs.Minnie P. Wheeler, Mrs. Daniel Mc-Kenzie.

Mrs. O. H.j Feathers, Mrs. MabelAndrews, Maintin Leary, Margaret-Kelly, Mrs. Flora Smith, D. B. Hatch,Mrs. Geo. E\ Bartholomew, Mrs.D orris Backus, Fraincis Garrfeom,Rev. W. H. Summers, Howard Coop-er, Grace A.: Nichoils, DanieJl Mc-Kenziie.

Mrs. Getorg$ Watson, Sr., Mrs. E.M. Cok, Mrs. Winifred Mahon, Mrs.Mills Norton, Bryan Gaffney, Mrs.David Btrweli, N. P. W'hitney, R. J.Johnston, Burdetta Smiitlh, Ha-rry P.Cotpeland, Mrs. E. E. Stevens, Alfred

Male Dogs Must Pay Two Dollarsand Female* Three Dollars andThey Must Wear a Tag Attachedto Collas as Evidence.Albany, June 19.—Now that the

Wicks dog bill has become a law,thousands of farmers are expected tore-enter the industry which has allbut been wiped out by the ravages ofpredatory dogs. The most importantfeature of the bill is that the law isnow to be enforced by state ratherthan local authorities 3s has been thecase. The act makes mandatory thelicensing of dogs throughout thestate by the town and city clerks andthen includes provisions of the coun-ty Law, in regard to the killing of unlicensed dogs with fhe slight modifi-cation that the fact that a dog is with-out a tag attached to> the collar ispresumptive evidence that the dog isunlicensed.

The bill calls for a license fee oftwo dollars for each male and threedollars for each female winh special li-censes of $20 ior pure bred kennels.The law is effective July 1.

Under thre former county law a dogmight be killed within 72 hours aftera notice has been posted settting forththe fact of the seizure, but under theWicks bill the dog must be ^ ' l fo10 days.

The commissioner of agricultur.can issue an order restraining theowner of a dogr from permitting theanimal to run outside of the premiswhen a he is a menace to persons, do-mestic animals or fowls. The commissioner is also given power to order the* confinement of all dogs incertain district between May 1 amNovember 1. between sunset and onhour after sunrise. Any representa^tive of the- commissioner, or anpeace officer, shall and any otfhe;person may, kill on sight any dofrunning at large in violation, of hlaw, but that person must have madia reasonable effort to secure the dojand failed.

The Wicks Farms and Markets bilproviding for tn>,c0-0rdmatron of thpowers and duties of certain xistir.fstate departments and for the establishment of market departments itthe cities of the state, was also signeiby Governor Whitman. The two bilare the outcome of an extensive Hjvestigation made by the Wicks committee in all parts oi the state la,year.

ets according to theformation they bear,pockets they go tomachine, passing one

1 classes of in-From these

the tabulatingby one over a

battery of needles, controlled byspring tension, which go throughthe holes punched in! 'the card and

t operates thethen an electric contaccounting mechanism,chine can complete8,000 cards an hour.

One such ma-the results of

MAN KILLED IN PYRITES MILLHenry Wotod of Mo&ra was killed

Thursday as the result of an accidentat DeGraiss* Paper company plamtat Pyrites. A now bciler was beinginsta-Htd jand the workmen lost con-trol of the hoTstmg inachnve whichfell on Mr. Wood, w " ' 'hours afterward. Heand four children.working at tihe plant <»nly one week.

Two other Workmen in fte mifl re-ceived minor injuries.

E. McDonald.Stanley Watson Cleorai L. Farr,

Mi*s Pauline''Maibofl, Chas. Norton,Harvey Birch, Mrs! Chas. Foster,Loretn Onderki'rk, J. G. Pdlleck, IrvezV. Smith, Olga P. Gibson, BenjaminKip.

Mis Viola Helmet-, Wm. J. Maihon,Allen P. Mahpn., Leon Norton, JohnRiley, David : Burwell, Alma Day,Mrs. J. G. PoSle-ck, Ida A. Gibson, CA. Gibson, E., E. Stevens, J. J. Raw-soin, Miss Evia Spaiuldimg, Wm. J.Coit'tter, Frank; J. Ellwood.

Dr. Ge/orgei g. Huntley spake on Ithe work of the Red Cross at two jmeetings which were held in Pyrites ,Saturday evening, one in fjont of the jPost Office and latter m the moving)picture fheatoetr. ^Tiss Nora. Wkrren ;and Mrs. Carl Heatly were appointedto take chargp of tire enroillments inthis 'community. The following in-d*kalt<ed their jntentton of joiiniing-andprior Vo this' 33 persons, have en-rolled in Pyrites:

Carl HealyJ Dennis Croning, FrankE. Waldo, Tim Warren, Mrs. DonLeonard. Edward W. O'Brien, Jr.,Alva Bellinger, Ed White, GeorgeTi'ml-c, L. Thatcher, Co/ra Murtaugh,Dexter McManus, Alice .Mantm.

^ C M hPrank n, Chas. Mathtews, Wil-Li

dted <threeife

He had been

Mrs. Robert FordChairman 4th Campaign DistrictA* the afternoon session Mrs. J. O.

Hyd<e, chairman of the 2nd assemblydiistrfct will preside. The address ofthe afternoon will be given by Mrs.Jam«® Le»es Laiidlaiw immedia^eily fol-lowing the Fu-nchieian at the Metho-dist Episcopal church and is an-nounced as "War S<?rv:<ce of th? Suf-frage Party.". Those in charge of the- morntingsession at the Court House amd ofthe afrernoon session and luncheonait the church are as follows:

Mrs.. J. A. F-inmigain, chairman ofA r ran gem emits Gormwttoee; Mrs. A.Z. Squires, chairman of HospitalityCommittee; Pnof. .Sarah Plateance,ch airman of Decorating Commibtoe;Mrs. Catherine Bern*er» chairman ofLiterature ConnmiitJteie; Dr. LuesHee/tton, chairman of Finance ComirrHitee; Mrs. Cyrus Clark, chairmanof Luncheon Comrrrfittee.

Prank F u ^ , ,liam McLoudr Morris Jesmer, LewisCummings, Mary Laurfoelli, JohnLadoiioice-ur, Howard Dafoe, Ken«ne<thSt. Louis, Kjrirth Mairtrn, Ida, Dafoe,Floyd Mye-rsi 0

Levi Laddisom, Mrs. Ellen Casey,M. Card'inalj Mrs. Noel Crolkfan,Mrs. M.* Jesrper, Mrs. Byron Healy,Mrs. Allan , McDonald, Otto Mc-Manus, Joe Golden, William Waldo,Byron Healy^ Maybeill Marshall. T

CANTON WILL HAVE SPRINlWATER THIS FALL

Contractor John White who is ncrushing the water oontra<at work wrta full force of men and machinesays the outlook for com plat Son ctlhe work far in advance of Uhe beliof thie village autfhioritoies or tlhe peo-ple of this village is good. He is a Imiosit pos-Stive that the entire woriwill be compldted this fatl.N At an;rate water from the new gravity sys-tem will be in the village mains tfhti'sfall witih on« lime of springs con-nected with the reisienvoir.

The work is beting done mostly b;machines, Uhe days of the man digger halving past. On the pipeto the Wallace fatm -on WaitarnwinHill where the reservoir is being ccavated, two gfantt diitching machineare cutting their way through at thrattc each of\ about five hundred feeper day. • Thtesc machimes arc wor!•ing on two shifts and there are feholdups a,nd little delay, mow ththey ha/ve gotten dawn to busmes1!The big lengths «of .pipe, weaghin-,o£ve,r onre-half ton each aire follotwin•the diitchers, the pipe beting laidfast a;s the dftch is cut, and the lea<ers (ollow with tfheiir work closel;A powerful oompresser forces* waftiin*o stectionis of the- line- m it is co.plated and tests out for leaks. Th.eawth its put back im the trench bygQi.o'line traotOT aittiaich'ed to a bacscraiper.

On the top of Waterman Hillbiig steam shovel has been eating flway into the' eaarth making the ecavaltion for the two, miltion gallreservoir. The comtiractor says ih<athiis work of excavation wfll be completed wiithin three weeks, and everything will be in readiimess for the <y»icrcbe lining. By tlhatt time »he p«fine to the village of Canton willpractically dor*. Tlw wiork will thebe taken up in the sprang coumtry r-•it is believed tk«t this v.-fll rushraipidlly 'tio compldtion.

It is ?^rd that thie locaitscn of thfreservoir is an ideial ome, bo^i as to

sail and

The W. C. T. U. will hold a busi-ness meeting iand picnic sapper -alt thehome of Mrsj Cyrus CfaiTk on Fridayafterntojon. Bustness meettiing wtil tvecalled alt tfha-efe o'clock for Uhe discus-*»on of war relief work and plans for.jfoe coming yjear. Deparftment auper-•Jntemdietiits a^e asked «o givie «H re-pofts of *he b»st year's work.

All itibo&e 4<tsMng rdaeu-vatknifmade for the lunchwtn aft owe o'clock 1 "Women aoc

should apply!, not later (than $60*-day to Mrs. jCyrtts Cta,rk, GoodrichStrwet, Canrt)o(n. Lund*ooin -will be 50cents.

A most coi|dM invJtiaition is exftend-«d 4k> both men amd women to attendthe luncheon! amd Urn aftwrnofftn ses-sion as they are wot ootofined $0 suf-fragists a io4 >»t a « qpen to all

Uh irtWr*«te4 in tbe subject of

MAY TERM CASES CLEAREDUP

Thursday forenoon at half past tenfe adjourned May Term of the Sup-

eme Court for trial of cases withoutjuiy, reconvened^ with Hon| Ed-ird C. Whitmyer of Schenectady*e siding.The forenoon was consumed in the

of the action, brought by Nancycullin of Patsdaim against her hus-and, Nicholas Scullin, for a> separa-iom. The complaint alleged that *he

fendant desertied plaintiff ofn .tlhemrtfh of October, 1915, and has not

d with ihtr since; and has not pro-ded sufficient for her support, and

lot withm hrs meains. The defend-mt was a dealer in live stock, and>aiid something toward thei support

the pladti'tiff until the January -termcourt, the case 'then being upon

)he calendar. It was put over onotiton of the defendant, wiho disaip-

pe&red almost rmmediiaiteily afterward,and whose' present whereabouts are

nknown.^ After tote disap,peBrance anotion was made for counsel feesmd alimony pending <the action,vhich motion has been- -adjournedTom time to time and was submitted

?fh the case. The plaintiff allegesthat she and ihtr husband Hived at therate of about two'thousand doilars ayear while on bdhalf of t(he defendant

was claimed that 'he owed abouttour tihousard dollars ait the time heleft Potsdam. While in attendancepon the May term of Court the

)l«rnt!iff-'had the misfortune to fallind break her limb, and she was incourt in a whee4 chair. No evidencwas offered on be'half of the defence.The Court allowed a sevetity-dollaT

oun-sel fee, and temporary a'Hmon;t the rate of thirty dollars per momtvnd signed findings giving the plain-iff a seipaiatiion with thmty dollars

month aldmomy and the right to eith-r party to apply ait the foot of th

decree for-a modification thereofinspect to alimony.* Geio. H. Bowerepresented the plaintiff, C. S. Fern

the defendant.In. tihe afternoon- the Court -toole evidence of the witnesses for th

peitiitiotier in a proceeditng institut'exby the Staite Commis'sioner of'Excisito revoke a liquor tax certificatesued Ho Abraham W. Bory of Benson Minos. Two agent's of the Exci'sc Dcpaintmtnt were sworn, whgave evidence that they purchase-.beer at toi-s plaice on Sunday,that on andtiher loccaisi'on they opeiated ttwo dHferemt gambling deviceone, a card with seals upon ft, thother with a card in which hok'Scould be punched. One a.gent opeiatted the la(tter tMrty-seven >Bme&:en ceinits a tJme and won a ring fiially. The other won a cheap broo-cthe second or thiVd try. Thewas adjourned Hio Scihencctady Jul1st, for the. res-pondewt to. present tyevidence .then if he cared to, butwas stated that he probably woulnot.. C. S. Ferris represented thExcise Department and C. G. Chaey and H. J. Donavin the respondent

Friday morning the case Of GeorgeC. Rkhards &t ano. v. Sidney FPh«jlps et ano. was scheduled fctrials but R. M. Motore the' aitbomefor t-ho defendants, did not reacCanton until almost noon, so itafter dinrer when ifts trial was read,ed. The parties atre all stockholderin the electric light company th;supplies Norwood and Norfolk wilights and the plaintiffs' claim tihaIthe company has been run. rathermore in ithe imterost of th* defen<ants than the plaintiffs, and rn thaction seek an accounting as to cetain, things. The evidence in the cawas Of noi general public interesand it was not long. Roscoe C. Sa.nford with C. S. Ftrrrs of counsel repesentdd t(he plain=riffs, Robert iMoore and Willi's J. Fletcher the d«fendant?.

Testimony was taken in an uncojitested divorce action from Waddiniton entitled Ernest E. Graham v. Lilian M. Graham. The Court orderc•the testimony written out and an 11terlocutory decree ,i(s likely togranted. R. C. Sanford reprcisentethe plaintiff.

This closed the bussneis-s of•term v/iirh odjourned without date.

ROHIBfflON OPTO D. S. SENATE

ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD CON-TROL BILL IS ASSURED

Prospects Are That Senate Will ixtEnd Vote to Retain ProhibitionProposal. ~ ,Washington, June 25.—Senate lead-

rs today, arranged to expedite theood conitmol bill passed Saturday by \!he house.

The bill was referred by the senate:>day without discuissic.ii to the agri-lture commibtoe; Senator Reed of'is»siouri today coavthuied his a'tttack1 it.No addi'tiDonail oommiittieee proposed.Ghitef among the amendments pro-

posed are1 some extending govern-ment control to iron, and stet&l and

products, oJl, petroleum pro*lucts, copper, lead, zinc and fertil-

ers.Senftitior Ghambeirlalin, iln charge of

the bUt, said there was muchmetot for having tne gtoweirnniienrf con-rol baisifc materialsi a well as food.

A half dozen amend me nits to theb?l5 were introduced today. Senator

ewis, P«noc*rat, of Illinioits, offered .substitute bill and several mea»ures

which have, been before1 tihe sena)te asant of thtc^war legisJaJtion w«re alsoaeloed on to tlhe biM as amendments.A vigorous fight wais pnomLsed over

the pnohiibiltiion proposafls, particular-ly tthait perm3t»tlnig manufacture of_mafct 1 iiquors and wine. Many "dry""semalttors aUrongly oppose extending-"the pnolhilbition to btier and wkves, al-fhougn thwe » a strong scwlmnewti in..tihe senate agaiinsit funther manufac-ture of whfekey, brandy arid ioftihw

tetilled spirits. 'Prospect's are, (howetv«ir, that the

senate will in the end vOte to reismrthe pndhlbitAon pvoposoA or at leastthe provision profhifbMnig use ,of food"stuffs j!ri the manufacture of dfetille'dspirits. It i's expected also that tlhesenate will add compnomiise amend- ^ments resulting from conferences be-tAvecn senators..

The snbst.JUite b,ill will be made tiheunfinished .buaSnew amdl a final votewithin a week oir ten days seemsprobaible.

PtiOhibk'ion aimendmeiiits to thefood control legislattion will! mat in-terfere wMi-the senatOe finance oorri-mittee's ptens to complete tihe wartax bill *Ms vimjc amd 'have k ready•ba foll-ow tie foiod bill m« the senate.

Chairman Simmionis said Hhe oom-mfttPte would pnoceed upon the as>-sump-tfon that li'qn>o.r will remain; arevenue source and diiould congressiaccept tihe prohiMtilon proposals thisbill probably -wiH be returned Ho tihe-committee too consider ortJher taocaitio'tt..

The commiltibee 'tod ay oowtinuedof fhe excess) proftt9

SconsLdcratuon of f psection but made no deoisdlon, Sen-aittor Simmons indttcatted today that•he committee might noft further con-sider the special tax on publishers butleave it for senate discussion.

Very ISbfle obstruction ;m< tthe way ofbohvlders or rock "has* been' lrct-amdthe work ha* prog.r«ssed rapidly. ,

CADEN-McGHILThe marriage of Miss Anna Mc-

GM1 daiuginter of Mr. and Mrs. Mc-Ghil of this plaice and OhxisttaphierCaden of Victor, Owtario County, wassiolemnrwsd at St. Ma,ry's- churchWiednesday morning at 7:30. AlfredMcDonald and Miss Mary Tobin at-tended tlhe ooupBet

The bride was. gowned m at Al*ceblue poplTn suit w*Sh 'hat to matt*.Mrs. Caden is a .popular younglady of Vteuor, N. Y.

The bride and groom left for Vic-iior by airtonrolrfle fwir a few weeksand win fcuter make iStnek home inGanrton.

ST. LAWRENCE WOMANWRITES GOOD VERSE

The current issue of AmericanCookery oowtains the following frcthe pen of Miss Canoline L. Sumtiof Norwood. Miss Summer is- a si:ter of Prin. S. C. Sumner ofand a graduate of St. Lawrence, cfcwof '98. This rs only ionc of mampoems vyrittten- by Mi'ss Sumn.cwhich have appeared m print.

Our Plea tGner,;' God aboive, herar (thiou our eau

n'^t pka!Empower our rulers with discerning

In wieldiing duty's awdhorage of rigSitAnd guarding well our land from dea

to sea!The crisis sanctioned their sewTe

decr-oeWhich -thrush us in the

of war,Artd while Us losrtftiestome anguis-h we

abhor,Wk"h its iwtonaive punpose we agree!Gird them with sttaimina md iron

1 nefveTo! »t«PT ou-r humane magnanimBty,Arid maty our pafcniolfciism never swerveAd1 we pkidge libeni our true fidelity!Grant thou, we pray, this "acid to**

may serveTo weld onr heart* in «a«red loyalty 1

CANTON HIGH SCHOOLGRADUATES

The Connnencesncm* exVcbes ofCatn.ton High School were held atOan.fron Ope»ra House Saturday night,when twewty-eight bright young menand .women received diplomas. Theexercise's were of a high grade, theprogram being unusually good, andthenaffoflt of each memhe-r who join-ed in its worthy of mention, thoughthe oration and valedictory of AlbertWioodhead was promoiunced especial*ly praiseworthy.

The program follows:Invocation, Rev. Carroll' Fe-nton;

Piano Due!t—"Spring Song". Men-delssohn, Marion' Ellen Kinsley, Ge~cil-e Irene Sheldon; SaUutetory withOration—"The Restriction of Immi-gration in the United Stiaft s," Benja-min Franklin "Stroetoel; Essay—"APlea for a High School Gymnasium,'KaiHharme DdWitt Phielps; Part Song-—"Come where the Lilifes Bloom,"Thompson: Essay — "Iiitieracy in theUnited States," Dorothy TuttteChurch; Onatitoin^'The Pan Ameri-can Union," Robert Lteyd Hale.

pu,e(t _ "Througih ithe Wood,"Home; Essay—"The Origin .of Com-"mon Words and Sayings," PhoeteElizabeth Phelps; Oiatitoin with Vale-dictory—"Modern Ofympte G;>rfies,"Albert Noel Wotodh-esad; Part Song—"Let the Hills With Song Re-sound," Richards; Address to Grad-uates; Prci5cnitatiion' .of Dip^o.mas;JAwarding the Bo-wens Scholairshitp

e*. $5 in goild, tk> Corinne NevtnEmm-ott Kane for pupiUs raising

<"'T grades hi^bestt over laist year.Courses Pursued in the1 Classical

Course — Dorolthy Tufrle* Church,Mary Curtis Ellsworth, Marion El-len Kinstey, Phoebe EKaafeeth Phelps,Haae? Agnes Rutherford, KatherineDe Witt Phelps, (wi«lt credit); Rofc-ert Llioyd rfale, Margaret' Ru*h Mes-t;rvey, Robert Way Roqp, EKra^efrtiOhaiplotbe Short, Albert Nod Wood-foead, (w«tn honor).

In ithe Scientific Courae—GeorgeN. Goodboot, Laon Lawrence G^4-en, Etnel1 Jamieison.

In The Academic Course—HowardLeon, Benn««t, Paul Lloyd Cheertham,Harry Lyman Kelly, RwAard EdwardLeonard, Mary Afice* Sn«aj I^««y

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