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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
OFFICERS CHOSEN LAST NIGHT.
New Lodge OF Knights OF Pythias Or
ganized by Grand officers.

The institution OF the newly consii.
tuted Valley lodge, No, ~, Knights OF
Pythias, took place in &. A. X. hall last
evening, there being about 80 visiting
knights present from Bellows Falls,
Burlington, Springfield, Windsor and
Boston. The ccremonials were conducted
by the Bellows Falls lodge with Grand
Chancellor q. ID. Jarvis of Burlington,
assisted by several members OF his suite.
The delegation from Bellows Falls came
by special train and arrived in Brattle-
bOro shortly after o clock IN the after
noon. Supper was served TO the party
AT lloadley's restaurant and the work
began promptly at 7.30 clock. The
charter petition contained the names OF
30 men. 4 short recess was taken after
the work OF initiation and the appoint
i've officers were named, The following
officers were installed for the balance
of the year: T.. ". Gibson, past chan
cellor; II. y. Harris. chancellor com
munder; e. H.. SimOnds, yice.chancellor;
Charles ". Th6Hpson, prelate; T.. ID.
Wilson, keeper of records and seal; Z. l..
Gibbs, master OF eNchequer; John Birch,
master AT arms; 4. Il. johnson, master
of finance; W. 4, Pugh, master of work;
Earl Howe, inside guard; +. c. Gotta,
outside guard; +. w. Gibson, J. A.
lloadley and John BOlliger, trustees for
three, two and one year terms respect
iyely
For the present Valley lodge will hold
it, meetings in the G. \. X. hall and
will meet once in two weeks. There are
already candidates for admission and as
soon rs the degree staff is in shape the
degree of Page Will be conferred. For a
number of years the grand lodge, X. of
r.. has tried to form lodge in Brattle-
horo with absolutely no success. l.. j.
Wright Of Burlington came here about
six weeks ago and remained in town a
fortnight, securing the names of 35 men
desiring a charter. There were present
with Grand Chancellor G. ID. Jarvis last
evening the following members of the
official suite: K. NJ Parish and c. X.
TYLER of Burlington, C. NJ. Wiley of
Barre. l.. j. Wright of Burlington, F. +.
Fullington OF Cambridge. and c. +. Bur
roughs of White River Junction, C. II.
Chapman of West Lebanon n. H., and
Henry X. Jacobs Of Lynn. Mass, assist.
ed Grand Chancellor Jarvis in the work.
The Bellows Falls delegation left on
its special train for home about mid
night and the grand lodge officers and
other visitors from adjoining jurisdie-
tions left town this morning
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
BUCKS ARE PLENTIFUL.
Local Hunters Having Great Success IN
Nearby Woods.

Though the returns from the nearby
towns are incomplete this morning II looks
a. though the number OF deer TO be Killed
this season in Windham county will equal
ii not exceed the figures of last season
With the coming OF daylight "Wednesday
morning hunters found ideal conditions
About four inches OF heavy snow had fallen
during the night and trailing was extreme
Ia easy.
Battleboro hunters we're early m the
woods and shortly after $50 "Wednesday
morning came the first report of success.
Fred Harris shot a 225.pound buck on the
X. W. Blood farm a short distance east
of the recent fire zone ON Black mountain,
Mr. Harris had been on the ground about
~ minutes and was making his way 10.
ward the woods west OF Mn Blood's house
when he sighted the buck with two does
After waiting several minutes he got a
shot at the animal The buck started tor
the woods and Harris fired three times be-
fore he got his prile. -.
About II o'clocl, word came from West
Bldttleboru of thc' phenomenal success oi
a party Of three local hunters. Harold
Miner Frank and Emery Miller They
hunted on Richardson mountain about a
mile from Emery Nliller'S home and MI
Miller got a 3un-pound specimen about y
% clock AtlN MS tbllpaHlhlN NtlA 'fi'N
brought down bucks weighing over 9p
pounds each before 10 80 o'clock.
George A. Aletcalf of South Main street
took an early stroll a short distance south
Of tie Fort Dummer mill and at SO had
brought down 2On.pomd buck, The an
imal was shot near the Vernon lue,
The biggest specimen to fall before the
rifle of a Brattleboro hunter is credited
to Charles Lindsay. The animal which was
shot near his home in the Waite district.
weighed over $50 pounds Leon White
got a 2OOr ound buck short distance from
the power station IN Dummerston ana HHy
Thaycr brought a 2oopounder from Gun,
ford George Slssons shot a good sized
buck in Dummcrston aud Don l.. Hewitt
pot a buck near West Brattlchoro.
John stark of West Bratileboto had a
Jisheartening experience Tuesday. Tie
shot at and wounded biz buck about 4
mill, from the Guilford line and followed
linn to the West River. distance OF near
ly four miles. where the animal swan the
stream and disappeared, Frank Prescott
Of Vernon got a medum-slzed buck IN that
town and Joseph Lowry of 6iuitoId got
A small specimen in Vernon. Guy Fai.
banks was another lucky GWliord hunter
and James Whalen Of the same town got
a tI5-pound buck.
Rex Coane got big buck near ms home
on the Putney road and one Of the best
specimens reported IN this section was sh99t
bv Walter Hall OF West Dummerston, II
was an eight-pronged buck weighing about
2p1 pounds Ira Gates OF the same town
got a 2O0pound buck near the Gaylcy
nlaee and Dwight Miller shot q small buck
ON the farm Of Adm Miller Word was re,
ceived yesterday that G. X. Tucker and
Casper Moran Of this town had shot a
deer in the West Wardsboro woods. 1t
was learned that a handsome specimen
had been secured by party OF local hunt
crs who are in camp near Sunset lake,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

to the 2Jth anniversary which was OBJ
served with an elaborate program on
Tuesday evening. Oct %, 1906. Mr..
Vaughan read the same historical sketch
which he gave at the 25th anniversary
exercises in order that he might bring
to mind certain predictions made AZ that
time which have since been fulfilled.
The dates of especial importance in the
sketch given at the 25th anniversary
were Nov. %. 1850. when the grand
lodge OF Vermont granted the dispen'
Sation under which Brattlehoro lodge
was constitutes; Dec. -, 1850, when
the first petitions for membership were
received: Feb. = 1851, when the first
degree work was done by the new lodge:
Nav >, 1851, when the first man TO he
made a Mason in Brattleboro lodge, f..
4. Sherwin. received the third degree;
June s.. 1851. the date of the charter;
July -, 1851, when the lodge was con
Stituted and the officers installed. In
calling attention TO the matter of a
Masonic building Mr.. Vaughan said five
wears AGO on the occasion of the 21th
anniversary: .'There is chance for
all of us to take the helm and work ont
another project, one that interests me
verv much. and should interest every
Mason in Brattleboro, whether he be-
longs to this lodge, Columbian lodge, or
the higher bodies. II is a Masonic build
ing. home that we can call our own.
We are preparing very rapidly;
no distant day will see us the owners of
a Masonic building. Past Master
Vaughan concluded his address with a
brief summary of events of the past five
wears.
Those present from Amherst We're +.
L. Willard. +, 4. Shepard, f. X. Simp-
son. f. l.. Millineton, Charles II. Ryder.
Frank Bailey and G. A. Sims
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
BEAN GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE.
Essex County Youth Found Guilty of
Murder in the First Degree.

Without hetraying any emotion, Ar
thur Bean. the l9year-old boy who
confessed Monday that he murdered his
mother, Mrs. George Bean, and his sis
ter Miss Nina Bean, heard himself pro
nounced guilty of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to life imprison-
ment AZ hard labor in the superior court
nj Maidstone late Wednesday. Judge
Fred NJ. Butler. who presided at the
trial, said that tbe most charitable view
he could take of the crime was that the
defendant 5 mind had dwelt upon his
loss of property willed to him by his
father and had been excited and con
trolled by passion. "This condition.
the Judge continued. "was stimulated
by intoxicating liquor furnished by his
own brother. The evidence was clear he
yond question of doubt that double
murder like this must have been pre-
meditated.
The crime was committed in the Bean
home in Maidstone on March last.
Late on the afternoon of that date
young Bean, with a rifle slung over his
shoulder. entered the home of a neigh
Dor and calmly announced that his
mother and sister had been shot and
killed and that he was hunting the muir
derers. When neighbors entered the
house John Sweet, more than 100 years
old, was discovered hiding in closet.
Sweet said that he had been ordered
into closet by his grandson and that
while there he heard shots fired. The
shock of the tragedy was too much for
the aged man and he died within few
weeks. Bean. when arrested, declared
that he was innocent. but Monday, when
his trial began, he unexpectedly entered
a plea of guilty. Since then Judge But
Ter and his associates heard evidence to
establish the degree of the crime.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
Fenton Store to be Still Bigger.

f. J. Fenton & company have this
week hired the middle store in the
American building, adjoining their own,
and will use the addition, which con
tainS approximately 5000 square feet,
to accommodate the needs of their
growing business. Entrances to the new
store will be cut through on the maiu
floor and basement, and the additional
room will be used to increase the firm s
women S department, shoe department
and bargain basement.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
Masonic Bowling Scores.

BIT few matches remain to be rolled
in the candlepin tournament on the Ma.
sonic Temple club alleys aside from the
finals. The scores this week up to last
night are:
Glass Clemson 1854, Hoadley, 90
6l.
Glass .l-T.ocks 63-77-16, Gibson 81
1l-62,
Glass K-Randall 93.S2, Brockington
$50.
Class M-Prouty 79.6s-S0, \. Buzby
7s-S0-77
Glass O-Wells 1868, Robinson 10
s..
The latter class has been formed tins
week of the following men; {. q. Rob
bins, Rev. r. NJ. Hodghton. H. Il. Rob
imson, y. Y. Wells and ". p. Sturgls.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
Harvey Rooning House
ga Elliot ST.

en- Record and wife, recently from the west
..,a taken the supervision of this colonial house.
and will serve meals cooked to order transient
or weekly board and ROOM
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

An ornate system Of peumanship is now
coming into fashion in the schools OF one
western state, probably as an indication OF
the states expanding wealth and culture.
Plain living and plain writing is still a
pretty good motto, even in state where
the curbs in front of the schoolhouses are
lined with automobiles.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
Saya & Sheinuk Co., Junk Dealers

p,v r,os rubbers metals, old papers ana masa
ines Send postal and we will call.
chm zs EIIiotSt Tel. 574-M 4Sd
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

EoR SALE - One four-beam two horse sled.
nearly new: one single beam two-horse sled
H. G. Smith Brattleboro. lbtt
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

DOR SALE One haircloth. old fashioned sofa,
L two old fashioned bureaus and an old looking
slass Mrs. Elson Howes Mortified Mass. $50
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

TOR SALE-To settle an estate, two good build
ing lots One on South Main street near
pinel Inouire of j. c. Pellet. 44tf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

NOR SAIF-Dining room furniture, 2 bedroom
suits. parlor and library tables. chairs. sewing
machine and lawn mower. Rev. F. j. Lewis, 322
Western Ave. Iotl
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

EOR SALE Express wagon, road wagon and
L road cart VIII exchange for wood or lumber
+ NJ Holden. Oak Grove Ave. Bratteboro. iitf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

EOR SALE-7, 600 feet good hemock boards. :
TO- u feet long. Will sell at low pflee. m
ouire M M Tucker II Chase st Tel. 502.M NJ. 4itf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
Wanted


WANTED boarders and washings, 10 Western
nNe. e. 4t.lB'
WANTED Office boy. Clawson. Hamilton Col
'ese' tstf
WANTED : Mealers by the week. Is south
Main St ss.
WANTED-Jobbin by the hour or day. q, w
Hudson, Spring st. 40
WANTED Boarders. Rooms II desired. Mod.
srn improvements Is Frost Place i5-46'
WANTED Situation in a family not exceeding
two Mrs. n A. Willi,ms, Green st. i6-i7
WANTED More help at the Overall FACTORY.
Apply at once TO The Hooker Corser a Mitch.
ell Co, Bratteboro. VI s7tf
WANTED One or two horses and three or four
cows 10 board for the winter Plenty Of
I, ed and good care. W Beyerdge. Potter Farm,
nuluord, X. r. ID. 3 4b-i6'
WANTED At tho II. NJ. Ward deer park. Hall.
fax, a man and his wife No 9 need apply
except they have been married at least one year
Apply 70 =. II. Miller Supt,, Halifax. VI. 45-iI'
WANTED We are ready TO contract for the
following lumber. TO be delivered 10 US dur
ing 1912 two-inch maple. dry or green: basswaod
and OAK. The Carpenter Company Brattleboro
VT 45.4s
WANTED To hire a farm. for one or three
" YEAR, with the privilege, of buying. One
that viii Keep or cows and a team; within
four or five miles Of BrattlebOro. Address A. w.
Drury. Brattehoro, VI. Tel, l6-5 i5-i7'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

NOR SALE Furniture bedroom suite, dress
L er, commode chairs, tables. couch ice chest
kitchen range sik-case and other articles mfs: i:
C. A. Sutherland. IS Main st. ao,i'
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

EOR SALE Chester white pigs at Dr. Hamil.
toms farm Guilford, Tel 1924. 86u
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17

HAY FOR SALE Loose or haled for cash only.
II Houghton Farm, putney VT igtf
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
For Sale

FOR SALE Cheap pair of work horses, 2500 c.
+. Fairman. Vernon. VI DIDO
FOR SALE-pure bred white Chester Pigs. X
C. Boyd. Hinsdale. n. II. 4s-41'
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06
Big CROWDS ATTEND
AGRICULTURAL FAIR
ALL EXHIBITS ARE NOW IN
PLACE; ARMoRY OPEN EVEN
lNGs UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK 4

The second day or the Las Vegas
Agricultural fairSbpened this morning
With many additional exhibits in all
of the departments and at noon, the
time when entries closed, the armory
was filled with the best specimens of
grain, vegetables, poultry and live
stock ever seen in Las Vegas. THIS
morning saw many farmers on their
way to the armory with exhibits that
had not been entered yesterday on
account OF the pouring zain and now
flowing.
The exhibit Of the New Mexico IN
sane asylum has been completed and
now shows the finest specimens Of
garden truck grown in the west un-
der any conditions. This display,
however, is not in competition for any
Of the premiums offered but is to
show the people of this section what
quantities and qualities of farm
produce can be grown in New Mexico.
On the west side, of the hall Ludwig
w. Ilfeld, the hardware man, has put
up fine exhibit for the Majestic range
company for which he is agent.
The Normal exhibit now contains beau
tiful drawings, paintings and work
from the domestic science depart
ment of the school, all of which speak
well for the class of work being done
in the big institution. Gross, Kelly
and company have added to their dis
play of Empress flour some fine sam
pies of bread made from that flour
and If everybody could make as good
bread as that on exhibitin the COM
pany couldn't supply enough flour to
meet the demand ]. c. johnson and
Son have in their exhibit on the west
side of the hall a complete kitchen
cabinet which has. attracted much at
tention from the cooks and house
keepers of the Meadow City. The
woman's department was the first ex-
hibit to be completed and is undoubt-
edly the best of ALL Visitors here
are many and it is with difficulty that
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06
OPERATOR STICKS TO POST
BRAVE TELEPHONE GIRL GIVES
WARNING OF DANGER UNTIL
WIRES GO DOWN.
WHOLE VALLEY SUBMERGED
GREAT DAMAGE DONE IN BLACK
RIVER BOTTOMS; STREAM
STILL RISING.

La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 6.-Breaks
have occurred in both the upper and
lower dams of the La Crosse Water
Power company at Hatfield on the
Black river, 60 miles northeast of
here. The FIVE million dollar prom.
erty of this company is menaced and
large district, including the city of
Black River Falls, with 1000 inhabi-
tants, is under water. A great dis
trict in the Black River valley also is
submerged
At noon the Black River Falls tele-
phone operator reported that water
was surrounding the telephone build
ing, that people were moving out of
houses in the lower part of town and
that it was dangerous to remain
longer Thereafter it was impossible
to raise Black River Falls on either
telephone line connecting with La
Crosse. Relief parties are being
hastily organized here, scouts are
being sent out among the farmers
warning them to take to the high
lands and preparations are being
made to combat the, higher waters
expected tonight among the small
villages along the Black river.
Several farm houses, floating down
stream in the flood that is flowing
around the west end of the Hatfield
main power dam and sending water.
to depth of IL feet over the top,
struck and tore away the bridge at
Black River Falls today. The fami-
lies that had occupied these houses, it
is feared, have perished Hatfield is
under water but it is thought that
no lives were lost there.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06
BALLOONISTS MEET
AERIAL STORMS


!
Kansas City. Oct. e.-The Ameri.
can II, one of the nine balloons that
flew away from here in .hs RACES
Yesterday, landed at Emmettsburg
Ia. approximately 300 miles north of
here. at 1880 o'clock this morning, af-
ter encountering severe snow
storm. several thousand feet in the
air.
The Topeka II landed safely at
Dunnell, Mimi, at 1920 o'clock a. M.
after an exciting night in a thunder
and rain storm. In descending the
America II became entangled IN tale
graph wires and its occupants were
painfully bruised.
The Buckeye, Lieutenant F. p
Lahm, pilot. and J. H. Wade, assist
ant, landed safely ten miles north
Of Sparta, Wis, at o'clock this
4
The Berlin |, Lieutenant Leopold
Voght. pilot; Lieutenant Schoeller,
assistant, landed near Austin, Mimi,
at 10 o'clock this morning.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06
Assault on strikebreakers.

New Orleans, Oct. 6.-FOllowing an
assault at II o'clock today in a brick
building in which are quartered 215
strikebreakers, 800 ex-employes of
the Illinois Central railroad and
strike sympathizers withdrew on the
approach of police reserves and at
noon declared a truce until $3.50
o'clock to permit the railroad com
pany to transport the strikebreakers
from the city.
Feeling Intense at Houston.
Houston, Texas, Oct. 6.-With
record of one dead, another hover
ing between life and death. thres
others badly wounded and several
employees or former employees injured
to date. the Hartman lines strike en-.
tered on its sixth day here with con
ditions unsettled and considerable in
tensfty of feeling.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06
MRS. POWELL MAKES A HIT

Mrs. Frank Powell, Jr., nee Miss
Marguerite Burks, formerly of Las
Vegas, according to eastern papers,
has made quite hit in the theatrical
world. Miss Burks left here several
years ago and married Frank Powell
who is a musical director and it is in
this way that she Joined the theatri-
cal ranks. She is at the present time
playing with the Wolf Stock company,
which is we'll known and stands high
in the middle west One of the
Wichita papers says Miss Burks is the
nit of the season in that company.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06

San Francisco, Oct. 6.-Beyond the
posting of twenty additional guards
about the local shops and the sending
of strike breakers to San Luis Obispo
there were no developments today in
the shopmen's strike situation on the
Pacific coast.
f. G. Athen, head of the Southern
Pacific bureau of economics, said to-
day that the decision of the train
mems convention in Denver to make
no demands on the western roads at
this time, was the most important
development since the strike began.
So far, President Reguin, of the
Shopmen's Federation, said the men
were standing firm and their success
was certain.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06
ROYAlISTS SEEK TO
SEAT DEPOSED king
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT AD-
MITS THAT RoYALISTlc DEM
oNsTRATIoNs EXIST.

Badajos, Spain, Oct. 6.-The Porta-
guese government admits that royal
ist disturbances are in progress in
northern Portugal near the Spanish
frontier. 1t is asserted that 5000
men are following the white and blue
flag of the deposed King Manuel. 1t
is also stated that the royalists en-
gagged and defeated republican troops
az a fortified town, As miles east Of
the Braga, and that Captain Couciere
will have 10000 men behind him
when he is prepared to invest Oporto.
Messages from well informed per-
sons at Lisbon say these reports are
largely fictitious.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-06

then we may reach a solution that
will enable the business community
to settle down on proper and legitt
mate basis. hope the time is near
now when we must get together for
prosperity. We must eliminate, so far
as we can, this desire to attack wealth
earned by thrift and gathered togeth.
er by foresight, attention and indus
try, because that is to set up a feeling
that bodies no good For the result.
When man attempts that he ought
to be marked by the patriots of the
country who understand that he is
attempting to use some disaster to
the country to benefit himself.
81 believe we are going on to a
greater future. If we had allowed
these combinations to go on and de
yelop, the only remedy would have
been to change by force the power
thus concentrated in the hands of a
few individuals to the state and then
We should have had state socialism.
1t was the inevitable result of the
movement toward trusts unless bro.
ken up.
Nov we can get back to competi
ton. We must get back to competi-
ton as an element in this country. |
If it is impossible. then let us go to
socialism, for there is no way be
tween. l, for one, am not discour
aged, as yet, in the hope that we may
return to a legitimate and independ-
snt competition. ] am an individual
st and not a socialist"
Mr. Taft then pleaded for kindlief
ceiling between various elements OF
he community. He declared the
BUSINESS of "muckraking" would cease
people would disregard the attacks
Ipon the motives and character of /
hose exercising authority and ascribe ]
roper motives until the motives are l
hown to be improper. t
"It is good times, it is prosperity
he president concluded, when peo- |
lie are happy, when wages are good, /
hen prices are normal, when the Q
tmily has shoes and something to t
It and the children go to school b
hose are times when everybody Is Fl
lppy."
Mr.. Taft said the railroads were en-
led to proper treatment and should =
saved from the attacks Of the le
or the man who would 81
elk by the position Of his victim to =
imb over his shoulder into popular '
;teem.