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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
ARMY AND NAVY MOBILIZATION.
Twenty Thousand United States Troops
and Two Fleets Ordered to Assemble
Near the Mexican Border.

Twenty thousand United States troops
and two fleets are modifying for man
oeuvers in the neighborhood of the MeXi-
can border
1t Is the largest movement of the kind
ever undertaken in this country in time
of peace. The White House and war and
navy departments said the movement
was only for the purpose of training the
officers and men In cooperative work
a division of three brigades of infantry
and brigade of cavalry will establish
headquarters at San Antonio. One bril-
gade will assemble at Galveston and an
other In the Los Angeles, Calf, district
Two thousand marines win gather at
Guantanamo, Cuba-600 now on the fleet
there and to be landed ut once: 700 on
the Prairie and 700 on the Dixie, to leave
Philadelphia for Guantanamo today
Four armored cruiscrs-the Tennessee
the Montana the North Carolina and the
Washington, with $500 officers and men,
viii assemble at Guantanamo, Rear Adj
miral stanton commanding.
Most of the Pacific fleet will assemble
at san Pedro and San Diego, CAL Rear
Admiral Thomas commanding.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
$2o,o FOR HIGHWAY WORK.
Road Comm ssioner Perry VIII Have that
Amount 60 Spend in Srattleboro-Will
Continue OtrG Streets.

More vthan $Nl.NN will be available for
expenditure an highways and sidewalks
in Rrattlohoro the coming summer. AS
figured ont Ivy Road Commit sSioner David
T. Perry, which is not far from SSNN
more than was available last wear.
Using the grand list of Sill. l3S as a basis
for computation the usual ~ per cent
highway tax will raise Sl2.sS6 The town
voted Tuesday to. raise $3.50 to take ad-
vantage of Act l21 of the Acts of 1910
which provides that the state will match
any sum up to $3.50 voted by any town
for permanent work in addition to all
other appropriations. This and the dupli-
cate amount from the state makes $500
1t was voted also Tuesday to levy a
special tax of 4 per cent for sidewalks
ana per cent for road Improvement
making $i9l5. Then there is the per
cent tax paid into the state treasury
and apportioned to the towns pro rata
according to the mileage, of which this
town will receive $3.50 and the towns
share of the automobile maintenance
fund which will be about $500. There is
also on hand a balance of $6S7. The
total from these various sources is $780,
500 which will be available for summer
roads. For winter roads $1,000 is pro-
vided for in the general fund which will
be raised by the i2-cent tax rate and Is
in addition to the 500 500
Mr.. Perry intends to continue the work
of oling the streets, which he began last
year. and he will try to induce the state
highway commissioner to. arrange to have
larger proportion of the state money
used for that purpose. He will do more
work ON sidewalks this year. Mr., Perry
says that an expenditure Of $500 year
on sidewalks will put them in excellent
condition in a few years He also will
give speclal attention to Main street and
Western avenue the coming season, both
of which are in bad condition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
viii start Information Bureau.

W. w. Dearborn OF the firm of Dear
born 4 Co., of Woodstock, Vt, having
been in Brattleboro part of this winter,
studying conditions in relation to starting
an Information Bureau under a new sys-
tenn. was called back to Woodstock last
week upon learning of the loss of his
home by fire. Owing to a carriage run
away accident he met with a year ago, it
disables him for following the real estate
business, which he claims he has car
ried ON for 40 years. The new system
Is aiding real estate men of the state in
finding buyers; agents for buyers). Infor-
nation fee is collected from them in case
of n sale
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
Saturday, March ID, 1911, 10 o'clock a. m.

The following personal property: Pair
matched Morgan mares chestnut color
4 and years old. own sisters, well
broken, fearless and extra good drivers
one of the finest pair of gentlemen's
drivers in Southern Vermont. Five good
cows, three are high grade Holstein and
two are Durham; four are giving milk
and one is dry. Thoroughbred registered
Holsten bull one year Old three hen
turkeys and gobbler, II hens, pair gum
cas-; nearly new two-seated surrey. top
buggy, express wagon, two-seated sleigh,
comfort sleigh, one horse sled, two-horse
Sled pair work harness, pair nearly new
light driving harness, nearly new single
harness. pair new fur robes, pair lap
robes, pair heavy horse blankets, pair
new light horse blankets, churn and but
ter worker, new Cooley creamery. About
10 tons No. l horse hay early seed corn.
Lot of household furniture and other
things too numerous to mention. Terms
made known at time of sale. Free
lunch at noon.
JOSEF NICHOLS.
a. w. j. Wilkins. Auctioneer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
NOTICE

Now is the time to buy a fam and be
ready for Spring. l have them, all sizes
andpr ices. Ore of so acres, rs minute
drive to Brattleboro, good buildings and
fine home for someone. Also country store
doing good business, with house, barn,
etc
Wanted-Two GOOD farms with stock and
tools to rent for a term of years.
EDWIN w. F. DYER
Real Estate Putney, vt.
Telephone $50
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
BIRTHS.

In I.andgrove Feb. ~, son to Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur Bates.
In Fitchburg, Mass, March .. a son,
Ralph Abbott, to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene p
Rossier, and grandson to Mr.. and Mrs
Charles l.. Wilcox, formerly of West
Guilford
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
Gbe l)ermmt 4benit.
ANNOUNCER ENTs.

Diaries and Almanacs for 1911 at Clapp
q Jones's.
After March Is my office and residence
will be at 32 North Main st. Office hours
Mornings until 8; Afternoons until $780,
Evenings until 8. w. II. LANE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10

Mrs. s. b, Emerson is visiting friends
and relatives in New Hampshire
Col. G. II Bond returned yesterday
morning from Washington where he had
been since Dec. l as doorkeeper of the
Senate for Tie 6lst Congress, which adj
iourned SatpdaY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
MARRIAG

In Saxtons River, March 4. by Rev.
George F. Chaplin, William E. Clark and
MISS Margaret a. Greene, both of Peter
boro, ~ II.
In South Londonderry, Feb. &C. by Rev.
DR.. G. H. Sisson, Alonzo \. Capen and
Mary +. Howard, both of Thompsonburg
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY.
Falls SO to 2o-Donahue Operated Upon
in Memorial Hospital

Falls SO 10 So-Dohahue operated upon
in Memorial Hospital.
The independents made it three
straight by defeating the strong st.
Marys team of Turner's Falls Friday
evening in Festival han Is to 20. Both
teams played well, but Turner's Falls
showed better team work, while Brat
tleboro's individual work surpassed that
of the visitors Some of the passing of
the st. Mary's men was excellent About
80 watched the game and evidently
We're pleased at the home teams third
straight victory. Atwood, who broke the
floor record in his first game here. max
ing 16 baskets, attracted much attention
and all the men on the team received a
good hand whenever they put the ball
through the net.
At the end Of the first period Brattle-
boro was ahead. IL to 6. When the Sec
ond period ended Battleboro was leading
- to 10. Donahue was forced to quit and
after the game was taken to the hospital.
where he was operated upon at 113
o'clock for strangulated hernia. Some
Of the home players were surprised to
learn that he was in such a condition and
they did not know ii would be necessary
for him 70 undergo the operation when he
left the han. The withdrawal Of Donahue
made a change in the lineup necessary
All the men on the home team played
Wei. ana MthvU ana Burns We're the stars
Tor the visitors. Between the periods the
Cardinals and Emeralds lined up against
each other ana played a rough 5 to s
same.
Tonight Manager Whitney has secured
Is An attraction the Bellows Falls team
ana this game should prove interesting.
The supporters are roofing for the home
team TO make the finish of the season with
a string Of visitors as pronounced as the
opening was devoid OF wins. During the
periods this evening the Keene and Bel
lows Falls second teams. both strong, will
play on tie in series which they have
been playing, each having won two.
Neene's first team won their series with
Bellows Falls ana the ponies of each
team are anxious to win the series. The
score Of the 81. Marys Independents
game:
Independents Turner's Falls
Orlin Whitney, IT,, rg, Donahue
re-, Mccarthy
Elhs. r. lg., Grogan
Oscar Whitney. c., c., Burns
Atwood, lg., rf., Kelley
Richie, Niles. rg., IT,, Maher
Score. Brattleboro 3S. Turner's Falls 20
Goals from floor. Atwood s, Orlin Whit
ney 4, Oscar Whitney 8, Richie, Ellis
Maher 3, Burns 3, Donahue ., Kelley
Grogan. Goals from fouls. Orlin Whitney
. Referee, Ferriter Timer, Neile. Scorer
Hughes Time, three 15-minute periods
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10

If you want honest criticism of any
thing you do, tell your friends 1t is the
work of another.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10
AUCTION

Having sold my farm known as the
Petite Stock farm one mile from West
Brattleboro on the stage road to MARI
boro, | Will sell at public auction on the
prprnisps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
FAVORS . THE PUBLIC CAUCUS
Democratic Leader Declares Publicity Essential to
 Good Legislation

Washington. August 1s.-Demoeratic Leader Underwood of the House, In an- swering criticisms made by members during the extra session of Congress regarding the caucus which framed the legislative programme of the demo- crats, declared today he favored the vadical change of opening party eau euses to the press In the future. MT, Underwood urged that publicity was es- sential to good Legislation and admin. istration of laws He emphatically de aied anything had occurred in th' House democratic caucuses at the pres ent session which in any way could em barrass the party.
 MT. Underwood was member of tht conference on the committee on tht wool tariff revision bill and cast one Of the votes on which the conferees opened their final sessions to the press That was the session in which the wool bill was agreed to. The bill later was passed In Congress and vetoed.
 It is probable that caucuses during the next regular session of Congress will not be behind closed doors as has been the custom always in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
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 Buffalo, N. Y August 19.-Landing in New York state after flying in an air line s9 miles from Swanvile, Pa, to Buf- falo Harry N. Atwood, the Boston avia tor, who is attempting to break the worlds long-distance aerpolane record, to- night Is within 439 miles of his proposed alighting place at Coney Island
 Its only a birds hop to New York now," said Atwood, stepping out of his biplane In the grounds of the Wentworth race track.
 He made the 99 miles from SwanviIle to Buffalo in a flying time of hours and 21 minutes with one intermediate stop at Erie Pa Leaving at 4:53 p. m., he ar rived in Buffalo at 7:o2 p. m, long after the people had given np hope of seeing him. on the assumption lrat he WAS to stop over night at DunArk x. | The il miles from Swanville to Erie Atwood had covered In IS minutes
 The Bostonian now is confident of win ming the worlds record in four days more His distance from the start in St. Louis last Monday to date is s26 miles. as compared with the worlds record of 1164 miles.
 But Atwood's time counted in days de- voted to hls flight is far ahead of the rec ord holders Koenig, Vollmer and Buch- ner, who, flying over Germany, ended with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
CONGRESS IN BRIEF

Washington. August 1s.-senate- Met at noon.
 IaFollette introduced and spoke or trade
 Penrose. after conference with Vice President and Democratic Leader Un- dorwood, prepared resolution for ad- journment p. m. Tuesday
 Penrose resolution for Congress ad journment on Tuesday referred to com mittee on appropriations
 LaFollette introduced resolution for government ownership of railroads, on which he will speak Monday.
 Adjourned at p. m until noon Mon- day
 House--Met at II a. m. Considerable miscellaneous business preceding new statehood resolution.
 Ways and means committee favorably report cotton bill exactly as passed the Senate The House will pass the bill Monday.
 Passed bill to discontinue monetary commission March 21. 1912. Considered statehood bill Passed resolution inviting Mexican and Ccntral-South American participa- tion in san Diego exposition In 1915. hood resolution, which now goes to President.
 Recess at 5.55 D. m. to p. m. to consider miscellaneous legislation. Passed bill for erection of new engrav- ipS and printing building. Adjourned at Il p. m. till Il a. m. Mcn- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
BEATTY BREAKS WORLDS RECORD
Aviator Carries Passenger For 3 Hours, 28 Minutes.
 Altitude Record Wrong

Chicago. August 1s.-W. c. Beatty 1 in the Wright biplane, beat tue worlds record for duration while carrying g passenger at the international aviation meet here today Beatty and his pas senger were in the air ct the opening gun at 80 o'clock and remained UT until 7:oS D. m.. a total ojF, hours and as minutes The former record was
 made by Amerigo at Muihausen, Ger many. December q. 1ai0 when he car rfed a messenger hours. IS minutes 1 37 seconds.
 Beatty,s actual elapsed time In the
 air as computed by the official timers
 was three hours ,42 minutes. 2e1s sec onds. He rose at 3:26 and descended al 7:0S 221a
 While official announcements from the contest committee were received with doubt here after 1t had been learned that A. O. Brindly officially announced as having flown to height l of 11,726 feet. instead had risen only 576s feet, there was little doubt thai l the Beatty figures were approximately correct.
 | The error in Brindley's figures were made and discovered by Lieut.. c. C. Culver. of the United States sigma corps, in charge of the barographs al the meet Beatty's performance was watched and timed by thousands oi spectators and his record Is not sub 1 feet to the mistakes possible in so In tricate an instrument as Is used 1T | recording altitude.
 | It was announced after the error was discovered that Philip O. Parmelee'' flight. 10,S00 feet above sea level, would stand as a new American record Int American record before yesterday was
 held by Ralph Johnstone, who soaree 1o,476 feet at Belmont park Further examination. however, will be made ol all the barographs in use yesterday. | Today's events were enlivened by g number of spectacular escapes, in none of which. it was said, was the aviator in great danger. The hydroplane driver by c. C. Wittmer and cruising abou over the lake approached dangerousl. near the yacht Marine and caused { scare among its passengers, but passed overhead without injuring any one James Ward and Earl Ovington boti were forced to alight because of en zine trouble. but both came to earti without injury.
 The speed contest for biplanes wal taken by Eugene Ely after a sharl brush with Lincoln Beachey. He mad the 12 miles in 1 8 minutes, AT 2 seconds Beachey's time was 14 minutes, 2.2 sec onds The fastest mile and a third lal was made by Ely in 80. 53.
 Thomas Sopwith won the 12-mile rae, for monoplanes in 13.3S.4, Rene Simol giving him close race in 13:49. Sopwith also won the weight-carryint event without competition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-England's railway strike ended
 Atwood flies from Erie to Buffalo.
 Beatty breaks worlds record.
 Statehood awaits Taft's signature.
 Underwood favors public caucuses
 Extra session to adjourn Monday or
 Tuesday.
 Underwood is practical tariff expo
 nent. 2-Johnston caused insur-sent defeat.
 Bessemer court room runs over. 3-Another drowned in stream 4-Train wrecker arrested in Paris. 5-Announce delay in sale of bonds.
 Spend s25.000 for free attractions.
 Aldrich elected county chairman. 6--Irony in tribute to William Penn. 7-Good Politicians in newspaper men. s-Spealking at the Orpheum today. 9-New York richest city in country. 10--Joint debates may add ginger to cam
 paign.
 Corey postoffice ready for use. |11-.Market given strong support. |13-Railroad men talking of rupture. |14-Sports. 15-Sports. I16-France awakening internal danger. l17-Book review. l2t-All is serene in Morocco affair. Live news about all the churches. I22-Soldier will not work on Sunday. 23-What Taft will discuss in west. 24-Busiest Congress for many years. 26--Society. 27-1sland swallowed up by sea. 2S-Editorial page. 2s-vestiges of the Jungle Spirit, by A.
 B. Bealle.i
 New Evangel by Savoyard
 Parliament and Pay, by George
 Eaves, n. D.
 Heart to Heart Talks, by Edwin A. Nye.
 Bill Vines on Senator Lodge. 33-Dollys Dialogues. 2i-A classic in page. 30 Markets. 3o--Uncle Sam fixed to fight cholera. 5.-King George takes unpopular steps. Many heroes forgotten. 3s--Business Romances. 3a-Young folks page. 4c- Comics. l4i-Comics. a2-Comics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
7,eJ a3oaeQ~ SAN FRANCISCO TO HELP NEW ORLEANS

San Francisco, August 19.-The Pana- ma Pacific Exposition company In a telegram sent by President Charles Moore yesterday to the New Orleans Progress sive union. pledged itself to lend It's ut most aid toward carrying out New Or leans plan to send the first American merchant vessel through the Panama canal.
 requesting the local organizations sup port, promised that by the time the canal was opened a New Orleans ccm- pany would have in commission fleet of American ships of the highest type officered and manned by Americans, fill ed with American goods and flying the American flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
REPORT IN OCTOBER
 ON FOREST RESERVE

Washington. August 19.-Agents for the forestry service who have been inspecting lands offered to the government for the establishment of the Appalachian forest reserve will complete the work of exam ming the lands already offered about De- tober 1. and probably will have their dat1 ready for the commission charged with carrying out the terms of the Weeks act by January 1. This Is the opinion of Will liam l.. Hall of the forest service. in charge of the work of examining the lands.
 About 13o,0O0 acres have already been examined For these lands, says MT. Hall, prices ranging from s6 per acre for cut-over up to about S20 an acre for heavily timbered properties have been asked
 Much progress he says, has already been made in the work in the southern states, from which offers of more than a million acres have come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
LITTLE GIRL SAVED
 FROM STARVATION
Four Days Locked in Room With
 Mother Who Committed S1. 4S Suicide

Washington, August 19.-Rescued by the police after four days captivity In a locked apartment that reeked with the fumes of acid with which her mother had committed suicide, 4-year-old Virginia Peterson today lies critically i'll at a local hospital.
 Mrs. Sarah E. Peterson, the mother. is thought to have been insane. as she had repeatedly asked the police to protect her from ina ginnary enemies. The child was seen playing at the window more than once during her captivity and only the curiosity of a janitor saved her frolr starvation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20


 a, best time of 30 days from start to fin- ish His arrival In Buffalo gives him a credit of having flown over portions of six states and a distance easy equal to one
 fourth way across the continent. Another instance of the uncertainty of aviation attended Atwood throughout his 9s-mile spin along the lake shore today.
 Rising in a corn field at Swanville. with crowds of farmers as spectators, his ma chine was almost dashed to the ground before he could get his bearings. He made three unsuccessful starts before hc
 got away and then landed in Erie two
 hours after hls scheduled time. The wind
 was so strong it was almost o'clocH when he started from Erie with the an nouncement that he would stop at Dun-
 kirk over night. But when well on his
 way. speeding at 60 miles an hour and finding the wind favorable, he decided to continue to Buffalo without stop. Mile a Minute Twenty miles out of Erie he crossed the New York Pennsylvania state line. Three
 miles farther on at Ripley, N. Y, he was reported passing at 5:16, giving him a credit of 23 miles in B minutes. Up to the time the aviator swung into view Dunkirk was confident it was to see him alight there. Crowds were In the streets and on the roofs of houses awaiting his appearance.
 At 5:Sa p. m. the operator at the sta tion miles away reported, ''he's over
 here now and headed straight for Dun
 kirk
 The reception committee formed in lins and few minutes later Atwood spur into view at high altitude He kep straight ahead, however, and soon wa. lost to sight.
 While entering Buffalo Atwood becam, confused by the smoke and was not abl, to find the race track until he made { wide detour over the city He reachct the western outskirts at 6:15 but 1t wa, threc-quarters of an hour later before h, located Kenilworth A crowd of nearl, 1000 was on hand and waited patientl, from 3 o'clock until nearly 6. when tn, rumor spread that Atwood had decided  ACONTINUED ON PAGE 1o.S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
Presidential Vetoes Def . Issues Between Parto,o
 for Next Electioo
EVEN NEW ENGA. ID
 ADMIRES ALABAMIAN
Conservative Boston Transcript Says Democratic Majority Has Done Everything It Promised Peo-
 ple It Would Do

The oceanside, Magnolia, Mass, Au- gust 1s.-(speciaD:-The Presidential ve- foes were as predicted in this column last Sunday. They define the issue as be- tween the two parties in the next Presi- dentai election. It Is now the tariff ana the tariff alone with President Taft as the republican exponent of a. dallying tariff commission of newspaper men and ,,rofessors and Underwood as the practi- cal exponent of democratic doctrine.
 All this supposedly republican country annlauds Underwood for his record and for fully following the principles outlined st the meeting of the extra session of Congress by himself as the democratic spokesman. Even the old conservative Boston Transcript says this afternoon that a definite programme was laid down hv the democrats at the beginning of the session and it has followed that pro- gramme faithfully. The Transcript adds that the democratic majority has done everything 1t promised the people it would do That its acts did not become law is the fault of the President. In several articles this paper is very com plimentary to Underwood and has an elaborate article from Washington on his abilities for Presidential timber.
 Every one in this section wants the tariff issue settled and there are great numbers who are beginning to believe that the Underwood plan Is the wise one It is indeed gratifying to hear on all sides such words as are spoken by the conservatives of New England about the Alabamian.
 As the practical exponent of real demo- cracy Underwood is the dominant one now,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
To Investigate Wreck

Columbus, O.. August 19.--An investi- gation of the wreck on the Big Four of passenger train No. 46 just west of Co., lumhus yesterday noon in which half Il hundred passengers and trainmen were Injured will be conducted by the pub lie service commission of Ohio. Of the injured less than a dozen remain in the various Columbus hospitals, and none of these will die. according to reports from the physicians today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
Clubs Given Hard Blow

Atlanta, August 19.-The supreme court of Georgia handed down decision to- day declaring that the Atlanta city ordi- nance imposing tax as condition pre- cedent to issuing a license to a social club permitting 1t to keep intoxicating liquors on hand was unconstitutional, as it virtually is an effort to collect tax not authorized by the municipal charter The tax Is 800 a year, How the clubs will meet this new condition is largely a matter of conjecture.