The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28
WEEK IN THE WORLD.


T,,r aUr.iian Whistler the tallisAsd leis
n',.ln 4, the ilephuTn act tvlsaAs
.~'t,,n 4 a the Eikins ads pI9hilas,ns
,rl,,,-. l.. faiiaags, Mas inApiArJ w sAs
.a.e al al. Gf~at NeTthrm railway 80
n.nV asalnst The United sl@les, Nhash
aas decided Monday BY ths sapss'sl
os,,It al Washington against ihe
o.snIany and against the e,ih,.n',nn
such Tel~al The oisr VAS hsi".
ibe l'niind States district s"uh :" 80,
district III Minnesota, which 'pn'' -, -.
~ ,le I,r.t sedan ii the klkins law, Jns
H., Mint. aid that the riirsi al We h'i,
inu Law in ,etaaiing tho Eikin' AZ nue.
h. considered ia the light 81 - tt"h -
p.Vi-.,l statutes, which pus,drs that l,''
Trleal al any statute shall not haNs ~
.ns,t al releasing any iVnaliN "I na."
M incurred under the statute "lNai'H'
The first section IL vast system ol
,nd.rground transit known ~ the Me
Adoo tunnels was opened 20 the paphe AZ
midnight Tuesday when the tn,r ton
meeting Manhattan island with iiobohe,,
aud Jersey City, \. j., was oiiieialis fu'
go ~ This tunnel viii improve ttah
N facilities for Newark, EliEabeih anu
IL nrsnsc. as well as llobaken and lei,
- CitV aud will do away with the nhfe1s
~, terry system, Three more sections
remain IL b. completed and when lhsN
an, finally opened travellers eau - as
r,c,ly from either liobokcn or Jeisss
| civ 10 Brooklyn without coming 20 lns
surface or can go directly 10Y undcisiy, 0.l,i
/ line into the Bronx. When Soihl'lslsau
lie tunnels will have cost IN The hrish,
borhood 81 s5o,ooo,Uoo.
IN. question whether copyrighted mn'
sc i protected against fcprgduc,loh ~,
reiterated rolls Tor Use IN pianolas anu
n,bcr similar instruments was settled ny
H. limited States supreme court Monday
when Justice Day gave an opinion N "a
yor Of the defendant IN the case OF ths
White. smith Music Publishing company
nj Massachusetts, against the Apollo com
,any al New Jersey. Justice Days opih'
| I'm held that as perforated sheets can
oniv h. made scrviccable IN connection
n',,L The machines in which they are
nscI and canno, be read the reproduction
al music in this manner Is not violation
OF the copyright law.
Al the conclusion OF a cabinet meeting
last week Friday Secretary Metcali inade
public an invitation from the Australian
government to have the United stat.s
battleship fleet, or at least some OF "
units. visit that country. Nothing deii
mite has been decided relative TO TINS mat
ter but il is not unlikely that lavolao'ss
action will be taken by the authorities OF
,bis country. The fleet has been at Callao,
perm for the past several DAYS ENJOYING
IN the full the generous hospitality which
that country has extended TO the officers
and men.
Four young people were killed outright
and three fatally injured at railroad
crossing al East Nyack, n u, early Gun.
day morning when a barge containing
marty of young men and women was
strnck bv New York, Ontario and
Western express train. The young peo-
nile were returning TO their home IN
Spring Valley, n. y, after attending
basketball game in Nyack. The driver
attempted to cross the track IN front oil
the swiftly moving train
The money stringency which reached an
acute stage in December has dlminlshed 10
such an extent in nearly all the banking
centres that the government has decided
TO make further withdrawal oil puolic
funds from the depository banks. Nearly
ali these banks holding 100000 or more
of federal deposits are affected by an an
nounoement made by the secretary OF the
treasury. Under the call Approximately
S35, OOO. 900 will be returned to the treas
ury.
Father Leo IIcinrichs was murdered
Sunday by an anarchist while administer
ing the sacrament at early mass in st.
Elzabeth's Roman Catholic church in
Denver. Col The assassin was kneeling
between two women and shot the priest
through the heart just after the latter
had given him eonsecrated wafer.