PLATTSBUBGH SENTINEL FRL, JAN. 11. 1924

Plattsburgh SentinelESTABLISHED 1855.

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der the Act of March 3rd, 1879. *

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I lie school education is increasing" fro myear tp year. We are de-manding better service and in most instances are getting it. New

Agencies for efficiency are constantly being studied and introduced.j The Standard Test and Measurement plan is an example of this. It

«t is helping to solve the problems of the New York State schools andit is a matter of extreme pride and gratification to us of Plattsburgh

I to know that the work of our teachers has been taken as an examplei of its success.

IN THE COUNT'i, One Year #2.00OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, One Year , .$2.50IN CITY OF PLATTSBURGH, Gr.z Yeir *.$5.0u.

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PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND

JUST FOLKS{Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Quest)

AT THE FIRESIDE

pomp /of

GEORGE LIBERTYTO BE^PAROLED

Governor Smith CommutesSentence of Murderer j

'ONE OF BROTHERS WHO*i KILLED TWO AGED MEN

FRIDAYS,

OFFICERS:UBS. T. V. MANNJX v. President

COOLIDGE ON EDUCATION.

While the first message of President Coolidge has been com-mented Upon repeatedly, in glancing over it one will discover some

^thought which seemingly grows stronger by reading it twice. Notonly does it seem to appeal more deeply on reading it a second time,

.but the darky of it becomes emphatic. There is not a paragraph,•in fact nbt a line, that demands re-reading to get the sense. !

Some idea of the character of the man who wrote it is provid-ed fry hi* reference to education. That the President is not a "blue

; stocking?' is apparent, but he believes that in this enlightened ageV-there should be no illiteracy. He says: "Mere intelligence isi.'v&Ot enough.

' ' " " " The sec-

iXof riches nor the

outlastThe splendor of ;

happy glow,"Where fairy kings

come and goAnd all the peopl-e of our st<% past

He-live their glad adventures,the blast

Of Winter is forgotten, andsnow

Melts in the sunshine whichblazes throw

fame And in the pictured shadows whichthey cast,

hearth-fire'a *"Who gives his children scenes like

this to keep,Shall be remembered whlen his

gold is spent.Though winds may blow and cruel

storms may sweep,

and prince

andThey shall not rust or

monument;stain his

the Though never mentioned in the booksof, fame,

the The home ,he loved shalllong his name.

Crime Committed Noar this City in1910; Model Prisoner Receives

Reward in .Freedom

An Albany dispatch from Tho As-sociated Press last night stateii thatGovernor Smith had yesterday com-muted the sentence of George A. Lib-erty, convicted of second degreemurder in this county in 1910, tothirteen years and twenty-five days,so that he may be released . fromClinton Prison on parole. He is oneof two brothers who were sentenced

BURLINGTON SAVINGS BANK150th SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT

January l t 1924. •

RESOURCESUnited States Bonds .". $2,406,235.00Other Bonds ,...'. 6,134^378^5

(Par Value, $5,436,511.80)Bank Stock ^ 60,000.00Bank Building- > , 67,000.00Loans and Accrued Interest 14,925,439.83Cash on Hand and in Banks ;• 729 572 71

LIABILITIESDue 31,798 depositors, including interest to ',

January 1, 1924 [ . $20,990,638.89Reserved for Taxes *. ,. . ' 74 000 00Surplus t 2,257,987.5?

$23,322,626.39For the past five and one-half years thm hank has paid dividends

to its depositors nt the rate of 4% per cent pfcfr annum

HAPPENINGS INNORTHERN N Y .

Mid-Winter Terms Opens Jan. 7, 19M£Short Special Courses If Desired, ?

to from twenty years to life imprison- B d w a r d D u f f y > a r o r m e r resident of'

Little Benny's Note BookByLEEPAPE

Ing enything, and I sed, Some fellows' This aftirnoon I was settingmy frunt steps bouncing my tennis like golf balls, but, thats because

Enlightenment must be accompanied by that moral b a t l «" dcatehing it in one hand and they dont know the diffrents. A, , , , , p i- • " > n\, then in the other and -diffrent things golf ball is lioel to slip out of your

lich is the product of the home and of religion. The sec- ] i k e t h a t fcnd.slcl H u n t s q u i e t l i t t l e h a n d o n a e c o u n t o f being so little

give* to education is really worth reading again by those who Cuazin Joe started to come down the and unsignifieant looking, and/besides t h e t i m ( L ° _* e _ ° o m r m s 9 1 ° "

; read it the day it was issued. It follows :in mind that education is peculiarly a local problem.

c a n

street bouncing a golf ball, bouncing that its s ohard its libel to brake ait away up to the 2nd story windows, window and, be took away from you

-1— --*? — . ^ . • m e thinking, G, thats a reguler sky if you dont lose it ferst on account ofL thatjit should always be pursued with the largest treedom of bouncer, I wonder if he'll swap it for it being so hard to find. I know a

bV students and parents, nevertheless the federal govern-'this tennis bail, I wonder. lot of fellows that wouident take a

' W a t mijfht well give the benefit of its counsel and encouragement j A n d w*en J o e came up I sed, Hello ^ j o e ^ j L f keeping on bouncing thee<!ly in this direction. If anyone doubts the need of concert- } Joe/ I gess you wish you had| a ten- KOif ball without saying enything,

;>d action} by the states of the Nation for this purpose, it is only ne- n^ s ***i insted of a golf ban, don

• t o consider the appalling figures of illiterary representing y o ^ J o e g p d g U U n t f d o w n o n ^

a,condition which does not vary much in all parts of the Union. I bottom step and starting to bounci

• the making o i appropriations from the national treas- t h e

• to hi expended directly on local education, "but I do consider it *'* ' ™*llt ln? 83

m a * ̂ o t ,a t e n n l s b a l 1 y°u

- " " J . . . • . . . all rite, enybody that knows eny- i havent, Joe Sed and I sed "Wat?*{* a fundamental requirement of national activity which, accompanied thing agout tennis balls knows theyre and he sed, It aint mine, Its my cuz-

by allied isufcjects of welfare is worthy of a separate department and the best and if you dont bieeve it zin Sid's." a place in-the cabinet. The humanitarian side of government should a s k *n*ho^ t h a t s got-ene. - Me feeling diskusted and thinking,» ' , , , , . i t j i u- * A i S i d s Q u i e t " " ^ c u a z i n Joe not say- Aw heck, good nite.

not be repressed, but should be cultivated. | _ _ ^"Meije intelligence, however, is not enough. Enlightenment,

* tt^ust be accqnjpanied by that moral power which is the product of"' the hom6 and of religion. Real education and true welfare for!"-'the people rest inevitably on this foundation, which the government, can approve.and commend, but wnich the people themselves must

0Jte tor a golf ball some time, may-b a l 1 o n t h e Pavement, and I be, jest for curiosity. How long have

m c n t - - iOgdonsburg, was found dead in bedtreasure T h e dispatch states that the judge a t h i a a u m m e r h o t e l f o u r m i I e s f r o m

( who presided a t the trial and tha D e g r a d e Monday morning. The fu-— - — district a t torney who prosecuted the n e r a l w i l l b e h e l d a t ogdensburg and

lease favor the exercise of clemency, b u r i a l w i U b e i n G o u v e r n e U r w h e r e }the governor noted in announcing the h e 0 E ig i n a i iy lived.

• commutat ion which is made becauseof " the singular instance of self-re-< Bernard Boyea, ot Malone, was jformation which the case presents." • accidentally shot in the left leg by

J "" ——» t his brother Franc is when they wereThe murder for which Joseph and hunting a few miles south of Malone

George Liberty were sentenced was Sunday . The boys each saw a rabbitcommitted on the night of Deceni- and started running. Francis fellber 3, 1910. The brothers were 21 and his gun was discharged, the loadand IS years of age respectively a t of shot hi t t ing Bernard.

thecrime. The young menhome of two aged men, NewelDavid Varno, who lived about twoand a half miles north of Platts-jburgh on the West Beek^nantownroad. After talking with ' NewellVarno for a while George Libertywent into the room where DavidVarno was sleeping and shot • himdead. ' In the meantime Joseph fireJLtwo shots into the body of Newell to have a new court house.Varno. Althoug-h mortally woundedthe old man reached for his gun andthe brothers ran away. They werecaptured a day or so afterwards -bythe late Chief of Police Conners ofthis city and identified jby *Newell morning at 7;30. His death w aa dueVarno just before he died in the t o h e a r t failure. He was strickenChamplain Valley Hospital. Joseph while in the bath room and had suc-

. Fire' broke out in the basement ofthe Watertown High School Mondaymorning and gave the fire departmenta stiff battle for an hour. The roomswere so filled with smoke that It -was

jsible to resume school classes.I t , is believed that the fire was dueto spontaneous combustion.

Send for Cataloa,

CARNIU&BOIT, i a

Thecounty

members of > the Jeffersonbar association are anxious

William Powers, 3(7, prominentin the business, social and civic lifeof Chateaugay, expired suddenly athis home in that village Wednesday-

Strikes Involved 122,170 Workers Bu-; rCaii at Mediation and Arbi-

tration Announces** -

LETTFRPlattsburgh, January 10. •

i Editor, Press:—I The account, in. your paper of my

talk before" the Discussion Club atthe "Y" last night quoted me as saying

— ' (lhat hydro-electric power in iCali-A few days ago this paper was privileged to publish an account 'fornia is furnished at cost. This is

Of the working of the Standard Tests and Scales as used in the ^nlntentionaUy misleading. Some

STEAMERS STARTAROUND THE WORLD

EVERY TWO WEEKS

THE HIGH SCHOOL TESTS. (By The Assbciated Press)SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.—Mod- d i d -

ern Magellans today can start twice

Liberty confessed, but George at first cumbed when his father, Supervisordenied any knowledge of the crime. Peter II. Powers, entered the roomHe Was tried before Justice H. T. after hearing him fall to the floor.Kellogg, of this city, three weeks af-terwards, with Hon. A. S. Hogue as ° » D / C e m b e r 1 3 Congressman Ber-district attorney. At the trial George ^ n < * «• S n e 1 1 introduced a bill inwas found guilty of murder in the Congress, which was referred to thesecond degree. Upon the return of Committed on Military Affairs, author-the jury convicting George his brother izing the Secretary of War to do-'working dayl but-~thewas allowed to plead guilty to mur- nate to John C. Peggs Post, Amer-1 t h a t t h e y w e r e generally, at

greer which he ican Legion,, of Canton, N. Y., one J duration and probably ' Ifess

•ss)(By lit? Associated PreiNEW YlORtK, Jan; 9.—Thei

105 strikes in New York-State1923, an- increase of 32- bire;the Bureau of Mediationtion of the State Labor I>e]announced to-day. Wagewere the principal" causein 1923, there being 60 moreover pay than. In 1922. *

The strikes involveders and caused a loasoi

Plattsburgh High School. To some the taking1 of these tests and in California own and operate c u l t an<j perilous, for the Dolk. . , , , . , hydro-electric plants and pro- steamship Company has an aroun<!

measurements might seem like an extraordinary amount• of Wark^ d m £ ,«j&tricity for light and power the-worifl service with fortnightconsidering the results accomplished. The fact is, that it was an at cost pust as is done so success- sailings.extraordinary amount of work for the faculty of the school and the '* u l l v o v e r in-the Province of Onta- Encircling the globe apparent

der in the second _ . _ . . . „ ,, _.. _.,It was stated at the trial that German cannon or fieldpiece for pre- i than in 1922.

both brothers had confessed to H. L. mentation to the Village of Canton,! Clothing workers,a month on the voyage that the j^arpenter of Altona, who was coroner N y I J n d e r t h e t e r m f t Qf t h f l fem t r o l i e y 8 ^ ^ , ^ N e w

Portuguese navigator found so diffi- {at t h e t i r a € - . the carlnon or fieldpiece shall be one m e n» bricklayers, and taxicab1 Of late reports Wd been coming

further fact remains that it was eminently worth while.r l °- w h l l e o t h e r s a r e »«PPW«« by has lost none of its interest for the

irhprivately owned companies., Los traveler, if it has become si common-

A.

I HOWARD D. HADL73Y.

MANYMR¥LEADERSTO SPEAK AT ITHACA

(•floral Secretary of Agriculture andAuthorities on Cooperation Sched-

uled for Farmers' Week

s e r v i c e i n h i s t 0 > y T h e r e h a v e b e f . n

occasional world tours, but never a

American government and leas-od from the shipping board, will beusi1.'' for the world travelers. Withthe steamship President Harrison

Anything that tends to anywhere near fix definitely the cap- ' A n g e l e g p P o d u o e a a b o u t s e v e n t y p e r pIaCe of modern navigation, and

. acity of a child for study and defines the type of study to which he c e n t o f t , h e electricity it now uses t h i s t h e o r v Captain Robert Doiia*-,

is best adapted is a long step in advance. Any procedure that which for light and power, and this at cost. P I c l u r e s « u e figure of the maritime

"Will do this is unquestionably worth while. i T h i s h a s h ^ d t h« effect of holding the

': Thai the faculty of the 'high school was successful in accom- P r l v a t e ly o w n e d companies in check

plishing something definite and worthy of being distributed by the l " ? w ^ , ^ n ' t h ^ 0 ^ " * " ^ "and

University of the State of New York, the State Department of Edti- has kept'down^thei^rates8 for'light bVt^een New^yori-0 and^outhamp". cation, Hi rough all the high schools in the state is evidence enough and power to..the minimum. That ton.that the work was well and conscientiously done and is a signal . i s o n e o f t h e great factors in LosJ A fleet ot seven liners, built by

compliment to the teachers of the Plattsburgh High School. j Angeles' marvelous prosperity.

Too few of use'realize the amount of unselfish interest taken in our sincerely,

.offsprings by their, teachers. When one stops to think, these teach-

ers might "do their day's work and be done with it,' like the rest o£

us. But they don't. They are studying our children and devising

ni^ans whereby they may find themselves, so to speak, and make of,

th$*riselves men and women competent to carry on tlje burdens and

problems of the Nation better and with more ease than did those who

'- have gone before them. * '

For instance, in the Standard Tests and Scales, we did not know

they were being taken. Our children were likewise in the dark.

It is perfectly reasonable that this work should be done in confi-

dence and without interference in the classes. It is not intended JTHiACA, X. Y., Jan. 6.—-Following

to "show up* a backward pupil or to laud one who is exceptionally t h e practice of several years past, the

bright. The purpose is far deeper than this. It is to give the edu-

from the prison of the remarjtablechange in George Liberty, who had C r o m t h e f o r c e s o f t h e Imperial «er-educated himself and had become a m a n government to be used for or-model prisoner. It is understood that nnmental purposes." "" J

of Malone at arecent meeting adopted the follow-

captured by the "America* Army f e u r s i n N e w Y o r k C i t y w^e'thefofcttt"*storm centers of strikes yeai.

Joseph, who had more recently been T h e v j ] ] a g e

confined at Auburn -Prison had es-caped. Whether he has yet been re-captured is not known.

NEW LAMt» BURNS

POND IN ADIRONDACK ^WILL BE DEVELOPED

Beats Electric

ing resolution:- Resolved: That nogas filling pump be erected or main-tained on any residential street inMalone village." Though the reso- —*lution might be construed that pumps . -r i ' tii

tained, it is understood that the board' I l g h t e v e n be t te / thandoes not propose at this time to dis- tricity, -has Tmn testedpp to dis tricity, has B%fen tested %*&&

Former IMstrict Attorney of Glens t u r b p u m p s n o w being used on ,res- Government and 35 leaa|»? &&Falls Buys Land at Palmer Pond idential streets. ties ana found to be mjuvtar

for Development | D e c e m b ( ? r m t h e m i l d e s t m o n t h ordinary oil lamps. %

•P

^• %

D e c e m b ( ? r t h e m i l d e s t m o n t h

heart of .the Adirondack is to be de-sailing from San Francisco on the j veloped with the coming of spring, itinaugural voyage January 5, the corn- \ was learned with the announcement

Another summer paradise in the e r Bureau with an average temper-ature of 32 degrees and a high read-ing at 58. fThe lowest temperaturereported during the month was eight

per cent air and 6 per eeikerosene, (coal oil.) • • ''

Inventor, *P. C. Johnson, $4& y*pany's list called for a sailing every ' that James S. Kiley, former district ' ^ — " " » " * "»- '""»«» " « «»»«• ^ - Broad St., Philadelphia", is o p * - .two weeks after February. 7," from attorney, of Glens Falls, had purchas- b e l o w z e r o a n d t h i s occurred nearly ing to send a lamp Q n 10 days' FREW

surrounding Palmer

theNew York, Boston, Los Angeles and od 160 acresSan Francisco. The ships rounding Pond, located about a mile from thethe planet will call at 21 >ports in 112 Internationul highway on the roaddays. Passengers will have stop-' leading from Chester to Riverside,

2 o'clock -hour each da of farmers

over privileges, with the opportunityto resume the voyage on a sistership. The President Adams willmake the first sailing from NewYork on February. 7

Ports of call include Havana, Col-on, Balboa, Honolulu, Kobe, Shang-

With the shoreline heavily studdedwith virgin timber rurining down tothe water edge and a fine white sandbeach about a quarter of a milelong, as a part of the approximatelymile line of shore, indications pointtowards Mr. Kiley's latest acquisition

finest

north country.Beginning this pring camp and

week at the state col le t of a-ri'c~u7 h a e ' Hongkong, Manila. Singapore, J>eing one of the finest summer:cator something tangible to work O11—something that will aid in ture will be devoted to an address "y p e n a n S . Colombo, Port Said, Alexan- vacationists' playground through the

• ftnding^he pupil's proper place iri-the scheme of education and li^ht-"* »ime distinguished speaker on an as- d r l a ' G e n o a a n d Marseilles.

• ening his way toward the goal for which he is striving. ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ™ ; J^JX^TT^TcoZAs Superintendent Klmendorf rightly says, "We must look to the February u - i e merciai centers of the United states,

" high school for our future leaders.' This being the case everything ™" * °cl»'k •""«- '* «"*» '•• ̂ T £^£T £TS/%£ C m " ~ ,TS! . " ^ M ™ ^. :tbat tends to the greater ̂ fulness of the high school is so much ^ Z ^ " ^ ^ ,?£' ^ " ^ ̂ T ^ Z ^ T c o Z l ^ J Z ^ ^ ' ' ^ .»*»».«.r *» b«*«

gained for our natural human resources. We can hardly be said day. Dean A. R. Mann of the college a£*ms t h i s feature, which is promp-

. to hiive, been niggardly in our appropriations for education, but we w i H g i v e t h e address of welcome an-i t e d b y t h e opportunity to advance

' have been more or less indifferent as to the results obtained. " ' " w i l l > K l s H k c l y ' s o u n d t h e k l ^ n o i e

cottage^ sites will be cleared, a num-ber of summer cottages artd camps

and

a n t

nt the en<̂ of the month.

Enforcement of the section of

j trial, or even to give on& 'FREE tethe first user in each locality who .

Sanitary Code prohibiting the burn- ^ m today f" fui™i»a!rdc»aaw.Ing of the bituminous product was a s k h i m t o e X p l a i l l h o w y o u c a n

suspended last winter during the hard the agency, and withoutcoal shortage. Several who were ' or money make $250 - to -^permitted to use soft coal at that j month. *time have continued to use it.

Queen Bond, a seven-year-old t r o t - JF O R S A I > E _ F o r d t o u r i n ^

will,. i'or the week's program.

have allowed the teacher to shoulder this problm. We have been With the nation wide interest

rketing

fortunate in having teachers who are willing to do just this. We foperaiion, the address

doubt if there is a profession in the world which i^ives of itself more 7-1""°^, °r,nVf fpc ic ' 'a i1 b l

conscientiously, more willingly, and more bountifully than the teach-

er. On the other hand we do not believe there is a profession in the

v.orld which receives less credit for its accomplishments. We arc

willing to admit that "Johnny is a bright boy' and that So-and-So

is going to make his mark in the world. We seldom stop to think

. of the teacher's part in all this. Perhaps they have their compen-

sation in the knowledge of work w.ell done and as a consequence.

like William Morris know what joy is. It is fortunate for them if

this is the case. Otherwise they must look for their compensation

in J leaven and they will have to look sharp else modern fundament-

alism will deny them that comforting thought.

The fact remains, however, that high school attendance has in- i m > I u r t (- m

creased 6i> per cent in the pait three years. The total oust of pub- mee\

by Lloyd S.

f fuoperativelikely to at-

: u i d r e s s o n wr

e d n e s "

^ i

of "back to nature" advocate;lovers of the gr-cat outdoors.

the interests of the American mer-chant marines. , jJHISH GOVERNMENT NOT TO

Other liners in the around-the- | BRING DE VALERA TOworld service are the President! TRIAL, IS REPORTHayes. President Garlield, President | ,Polk,- President Monroe and Presi- ;dont Van Buren. The vessels areof identical dimensions—522 'feet inloiiKth, with 6 2 feet of beam and adisplacement tonnage of 21.000—-and

commoditytract wide u

The 2 o'cday will b.secretary of the United 'States depart- have been equipped similarly.mcnt of agriculture. i '

While tho Thursday address has TO VISIT-U.IZE EXQUISITE.yet bei>n definitely arranged, it BEAUTY OF JVPAN COUNTRY

is hoped that L. J. Tabor of Barnes-Ulk\ Ohio, muster of Hio nationalRr.uiye. may be hc;ird. The -Friday.sni-aker js Frank P. Graves, .statecommissioner of education, who willtalk on education and peace, lie will

ting mare, with a record of 2:19 andL-4, was purchased this week by M.A. Drurry, Malone livery man, froman EUenburg horseman.

The mare is regarded as a goodspeed prospect as she was won a sen-sational race that went "six heats

at the Clinton- county fair at Platts-burg last fall. Mr. Drury statesthat he has entered Queen Bond incircuit races at Malone, Saranac Lakeand Lake Placid, which will be heldthis month under the auspices of theAdirondack Driving Club.

A dinner party was given at thePines, Haranac Lake, on Mondayevening for George A. Toupin, ar-ranged as a surprise by about fiftyot* his friends among the business and

illage. At

class condition. Cash priceH. E, Atwater, 134-136 Bt^ige St./

( "An Al'to.'noon in Japan" for thebenefit of J'\#reijjn Missions will be

f Mrs. Alvin Wood

(By the Associated Press)DL'BLIN, Jan. 10.—It is stated in

Republican circles in Dublin that thegovernment has no intention of bringins De vAlera to trial, and this- deci- professional men of thesion is believed to apply to other dinner, Mr. Toupin was presented withprominent Republican leade-rs now in a handsome tie pin, as a token of re-onstofly. igard. Tables of bridge were ar-

The release of the more influential rangod as entertainment for the eve-of the leaders, however, is not at pros h{ns.> f o l l o w i n s the dinner.

Mr. Toupin, with Mrs. Toupin, jLsonteniplated. If they are to bo

h

O.ik

held after February some parliament- .leaving within a few days ior an ex-

ary provision extending the temporary ^ _f J

tended tour to the Pacific coast and

his talklie Nt

somer Hast '

of his- 6x- T h eThursday, .January 24.

xcfuisK beautyHt K l l l l l -

of the country•ja will be st>rv-

m) do,»f th<

L from 'J, to 3 o'clock.

to hold them will have to band thus may be done as part sojourns in California winter resorts.

« usual measure for continuing M r - a n c I Mrs>- Toupin will return tos nets which expire annually Saranuc Lake in the spring, expect-renewed. (ing to spend the summer here.

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