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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
VICTIM IN HOSPITAL,
CONDITION SERIOUS
Assailant Given Hearing This
Morning and Held Without
Bail to Await Outcome of
Staten's Injuries

Representative Herbert A. Staten of
Vernon is at the Memorial hospital
with one of the bones of his right
forearm shattered with bullet, and
another bullet lodged in his back He
was shot yesterday morning by Hugh
Collins, a substitute station agent ut
Vernon, who was enraged because Mr..
Staten had testified against him for
drunkenness Saturday afternoon. Col
Inns, as a result of that hearing, had
threatened vengeance upon those who
testified against him. He was fined
50 and costs amounting in all TO $9.02.
Collins has been substituting for the
regular man, George Smith, who has
been on vacation about two weeks.
DIR. Anderson said this morning that
the patient WAS in n seIious condition
and that at present the wound i'm the
forearm was the more dangerous Of
the two. The ulna has been shattered
by the - calibre bullet driven hv 9
heavy charge of powder. The bullet
entered the forearm from the rear and
tore a gaping hole as large rs the palm
/ of a man : hand where It left thu
arm. The surgeons last night removed
several pieces OF bone 1t viii be some
| days before the danger from infection
Will have passed.
The second bullet entered the bach
ON the right side, striking the hiI
bone and glaucing to the left wher,
! it has been located to the left of tin,
spinal column. Apparently, in view oI
/ rho fort that Mr. Station II NOT mara
! lyzed, the spinal column has not beer
! injured. An N-ray photograph show
that this bullet is mushroomed hy it.
contact with the hip bone No at
tempt Will be made for some days t.
remove the bullet. 1t is possible tha
it will never he removed rs it Is do
ing no harm now. Mr. Staten s TEN
Iperatme this morning was lol and h
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
BENEFIT GAME FOR
CATCHER RAY ADAMS
Seniors and Juniors Will Play Tomor-
row at Island Park to Help Badly
Injured Player.

1t was announced this noon that the
seniors and juniors Of the high school
would play a baseball game at Island
park tomorrow afternoon at $50
o clock the eutires proceeds to 90 to
Ray Adams, catehtr of the school
team, who was seriously injured in the
game at Chester Saturday in a col
lision with Whitney, first baseman,
while both were running for foul
fly.
The management of the park has
given the use of the grounds for the
occasion and as there Is no expense at
taehed to the game, the officials and
all others giving their services, there
should be considerable sum turned
over to the young man who must IN
dergo an operation to have his broken
cheek bone built up.
He has left Memorial hospital and
been taken to his home, but soon will
be taken out of town for treatment by
a specialist He suffered a conclusion
of the brain from the collision. and
his mind wandered at times, but this
effect of she accident is disappearing
and ultimately it is expected by his
| physician, DIR. Charles s. Pratt, that
there will be no i'll effects from the
| injury.
Brattleboro has not supported very
| heavily the two high school games that
have been played at home this season
and here is an opportunity to show in
terest in high school sports for the
benefit of a boy who was injured in
furnishing entertainment for others. Il
Is also an opportunity for high schoo
students themselves to come out in &
body and lend color and interest tC
the occasion with songs and cheers
There should be a big crowd present
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
OVER
CURRENCY BILL
Of Treasury Takes Issue
With Congressman in Regard TO
the New Issue

WASHINGTON, june 9.-While the
fundamental principles Of al admins
tration currency bin have been agreed
upon, there are essential differences, il
developed today, between Secretary
McAdoo and congressional leaders as to
new issues of currency. These relase
primarily. it is said. 20 the question
whether the government should issue
All the paper money u whether the
proposed reserve associations should
be authorized to issue notes in place
Of the present national bank notes.
permitting an of the present issues ri
United States currency 70 stand Is at
present. The obstacles. II Is declared.
are by no means iuseparable ami an
effort viii be made 20 compose the dif-
frulties this week
\ Secretary MrAdOo's tentative sur-
gestiouS. it is understood. would have
/ the government issue all currency lie
would retire the present issue Of gold
certificates, amounting to sl.07g, GOO.
\ 600. aud the national bank notes
amounting 10 S750.0O0.OO0 He would
make all of the paper money - United
States notes maintaining the pres
ent Issue of such notes anil replacing
the gold certificates and national banb
notes by an increased number oi
United States notes. Back of thes,
notes would be gold. based upon 2 Ger
tain percentage Of the issue which la
not vet been determined.
Chairman Glass Of the House bank
ing and currency committee, on IN,
other hand, il i said. would not dis
turb the present issues Of gold certif
Gates or any other United States notes
but would gradually retire the nation
al bank notes and permit the reserv,
associations To issue currency base,
I upon the assets Of the membersil
banks, TO take the place Of the nation
al bank notes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
STEAMER AFRE AT SEA
wireless Messages Sent out BY oliuda
OF me Munson Line

NEW YORK. June a.--No further
adviees have been received todag iu
regard to the steamer Oliuda of the
Muu-0n line. reported on fire at sea.
presumably somewhere Of the coast -
Georgia. Officers of the line received
two wireless messages last night. but
both were garbled and gave no Intor
nation except that there was . hre in
No. Il holt The steamer left here
with q cargo Of merchandise and pas
sengers Tor Cuban ports. The oiacers
IT the company say there is but little
danger IL the FIRE is confined 20 the no.
I hold. a. that Is believed 10 eonfain
only brick.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
Miss EmmaDav Lived Alone
Near Robertson & Co.'S
Paper Mill
BODY FOUND ON
RACK AT MILLDAAI
Apparently Slipped on High Clia
While Looking After Ducks-sezrch-
ing Party Organized a. she Did Not
Come Home st Night.
| -sIoeIal d - Relorm.--l )

PUTNEY. june a.-Miss Emma u
Davis. 81. who lived in the house oru.
ed - the William Robertson estate
near the Robertson paper min was
found drowned in sackctt brook near
the mill, sunday evening about
O'Clock.
Miss Davis was last seen about ~
p clock that morning ~ Mrs Jchn
Murphy, who lives in the other tenc-
ment ia the house. AIRS Murphy be-
came alarmed about her later 81 the
day, especially az night when she did
not appear. and notified the neighbors,
who began a search for her uutsl a
regular scare hing party started out
There Is a steep cliff back uf the
house down to deep water and Miss
Davi. often went down there looking
for her pet ducks. Walter Smith. who
knew her habit Of doing this. lookcl
for her there and found the hody ~
the rack Of the dam. where the water
enters the parcr mill. n was decided
~ tile physician that the ho5y bad
been in the water several hour
a hoe was found which Miss Davis
4 apparently had in her hand when she
u went fo the water edge lf IN entire.
ly probable that she slipped cn thr
rocks and fell into the water. nct BE-
ing able 90 grasp hold of anything g.
save herself
!. Miss Davis bad made her home in
thar tenement some time. living a1rur
since she death of her mother several
wears ago. She had MANY fHrnl.
.Fr..m9 nN fFmsaaa AZ 8erFtln nEw1ws
speaking loo1 work for everyone
Sic was = member 81 the ConEreza
tioaal church 81 Putnev and te
auH e>teemeI hv ali.
Sic leave onf brother. Marren. wlt
iire- n Iowa Fails Iowa. who ha.
been notified 81 her death. Fanera
arrangements win D. made after Il
ia, been heafd from.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09

ham county since early manhood, his
home being in Guilford many years.
Mrs. Staten was Zelia Johnson, daugh-
ter of the late T. l.. Johnson. a prom.
iuent resident of Guilford and later Of
Vernon. Mr.. and Mrs. Staten own n
fine home in Vernon and both have
wide circle of friends. Mr. Staten
is a 32d degree Mason and a member
of Columbian lodge and chapter, eoun-
ell, commandery and Eastern Star in
Brattleboro, being at the present time
one of the officers of the eommandery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
COLDEST WEATHER
EVER RECORDED
For the Month of June Reported TO
the Weather Bureau from Ver-
mont and Other States.

WASHINGTON, June 9Th" cold
est weather ever recorded du at.g Juna
in the Middle Atlantic ana -@ew Eag-
land states was reported TO The waarh-
er bureau today. High barametric
pressure of great magnitude is the Of
hcial reason given for the condition.
Frosts are reported from Vermont, Cen
tral New York, and various parts of
New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan and Wisconsin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
DESTROYED ROW OF BUILDINGS
Loss in Springfield, Mo, Several Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.

SPRINGFIELD, No., June 9.-Fire
which started in the basement of a
department store this morning within
two hours destroyed a row of build
ings on the public square, causing
damage estimated at several hundred
thousand dollars.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
ARSON SQUAD ACTIVE.
Buildings in Various Pars OF England
Burned.

LONDON. June 9.-Thc arson squaa
Of the militant suffrugettcs Is unnr
more very active Besides the ere at
the Hurst race course, started iast
night, where the damage is eatZatci q
AZ $4,000, they DESTROYED this sacrl-
ing . ho8fholse On the river Ia a.
Walthan.stoR1, northeast L01aoa- a1l
the gT5adstand az the North Aldilesex
cricket grounds. The FIRE AZ The Hurs
park was started in tic rcval box. ia
whiN tho furniture had bccH saturat-
I'd with oil.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
Difficulty in Securing Enlist
ments Becoming Serious
Problem
CONGRESS MAY
CHANGE PRESENT LAW
Reports Indicate an Unwillingness
Among Young Men 20 Contract
Away Their Time for Period as
Long as Seven Years

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The diff
Guilty in securing enlistments for the
army is becoming 50 grave that an
appeal may be made to Congress by the
secretary Of war to amend the exist
ing enlistment laws. Reports indicate
an unwillingness amoong the young
men of the country to contract away
their time for period OF seven years,
even after it is explained to them
that only four of these years must be
spent under colors. With the growing
demand for troops for garrison duty
III Hawaii and the Canal zone and for
recruiting the existing regiments up to
their full strength this failure of the
recruiting service is giving serious
concern to the army officers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09

Poet-Let me tell YOU. sir, that poem
cost me a month s hard labor.
Editor, who has read it-It that all ?
If I'd had the passing of the sentence
you'd have got year.-Pathfnder.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
THE WEATHER.
Cold Weather Will Continue, With
Frosts Tonight.

WASHINGTON June 9.-The wealth
er forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday;
frosts tonight in some localities; mod
crate northwest winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09

Every time VIC Get the short eu3 of
lawsuit. we are willing "a bet our
last dollar that the scales az justice
have been tampercd with.-Chicago
News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
AT MASONIC TEMPLE.

A regular communication of Colum-
bian lodge, No SO, F. & A. NJ, will
be held at Masonic temple Tuesday
evening, June 10, at 7.30 O'Clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
ALLEGED KODAK TRUST.
Suit Filed al Buffalo. n. Y, AEains
Eastman Company.

Eastman Company.
BUFFALO. y. Y. june a.-Thr dis
solution OF the so-called Eastman ho-
dak trust. IS asked I'm civil suit
filed here today by order of Attorney
General McReynolds 's petition. Ia ai-
50 asks an injunction forbiddiug the
fixing Of retail prices of camera aims
and other Photographic supplics. also
against terms Of the sale under which
the Eastman goods are handled cxelu-
sively by Eastman dealers. The con-
pany announces that II viii adjust its
methods Of doing business TO meet the
charges preferred, but that il would re-
fuse TO dissolve.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
insertion ~ line subsequent

FOR SALE-Dump cart, all kinds of
wagons, new and second hand; all kinds
of fencing, barbed wire, lawn and
chicken fence; steel fence posts; all
kinds of roofing, rubber and asbestos,
it never needs painting; one large store
tub, holds 30 barrels, nearly new.
Charles Miner. 49-tf
FOR SALE - Everything you want
to use in building house; radiation
of all descriptions, piping, windows,
blinds, doors, sashes, inside finish,
lumber and materials Of all kinds, bath
tubs, water closets, plumbing electric
wiring. Apply at Brattleboro House
63-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09

WANTED-Some horses to pasture.
Good feed and woven wire fence.
Charles Miner. 59-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
Wanted

GIRL WANTED-5l Main St. S4-tf
WANTED - Chambermaid at the
Brooks House. 79-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
INQUIRY INTO
LOBBY ITSELF
Senators to Examine Men
Engaged in Presenting
Tariff Arguments
BILL NEARLY READY
FOR SENATE CAUCUS

Rates Will Be the Lowest in the His
tory of the Country and the Free
List viii Be the Longest Ever
Known.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09

MISS GERTRUDE E. HUNT, Mas
seuse. A speciality in fractures, sprains,
sciatica, neuritis, lumbago, rheumatism,
stiff joints, etc. Swedish method. 5
Tyler st. Tel 46-T. 1-tf
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-02
ATTACK TARIFF BILL
WON'T CUT LIVING EXPENSES,
SAYS SUTTON OF OHIO.
Senator smoct CT Utah Quotes From
Wilson's Book In Denouncin1
the Measure.

Washington. July 23.The Under
wood.Simmons tarif bill continues to
be attacked by Republican senator's
Senator Burton of Ohio, expressing the
assurance that II would fail in its pur-
pose to reduce the cost Of living and
Senator Smoot OF Utah in an address
Monday branding it as the most in
furious tariff measure ever taken up
for consideration by congress"
This bill" said Senator Smoot. lis
partisan and sectional measure. the
outcome OF secret caucus methods
such as never ruled before in the sen
ate of the United States.
"In his book. The New Freedom.
President Wilson says that there Is no
excuse for caucusing In congress. and
in a speech in Indiana preceding his
election he emphasized that point by
asserting that there was no necessity
for secrecy in congressional proceed
ings. Yet not in the history OF con-
gress has there been anything equal
to that record in the way OF dark meth.
DDS in the preparation Of tariff bill.
Governor Foss OF Massachusetts,
who has been three times elected TO
his present Office by the Democratic
party and who was supported as a cam
ddate for president at the last Demo
cratic national convention. denounces
this billyas>a sacrifice OF the interests
Of the nation. He has purchased a site
in Canada for his large manufacturing
establishment In Massachusetts and
SAYS he will remove his business there
IL this bill becomes law.
The prosperity OF the south. Sena'
tor Smoot declared, would be checked
II the protective tariff was removed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-02
GUST GUARDS FROM VATICAN
-Pope's Soldiers Expelled Taken to
Gate by Brothers. Who Cheer as
Gendarmes Control Gates.

Rome. July 25-Throughout the day
the Vatican was I'm a veritable state of
siege. This was the outcome OF the
mutiny of the Swiss guards. whose de-
mands, in the form OF a memorial re-
lating their grievances and setting
forth the conditions on which they
would remain In the service, were
fully rejected.
Three leaders in the movement were
expelled from the Vatican.
Those who left were. accompanied
10 the gates OF the Vatican by their
comrades. At the moE1ent Of 'separa.
ton they cried: Viva Garibaldi!"
Some of them Joined in singing the
Merseillaise. Never before was such
a scene presented In front OF the Vati.
can.
Count Cecsopieri. commander OF the
gendarmes, has been ordered to hold
his men TX readiness for emergencies.
They are in control OF all exits.
A letter was read from Cardinal
Merry del Val. the papal secretary OF
state. strongly condemning the atti
.udc Of the guards
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-02
Deer Huntinu Bill kjIled.

Madison.-The assembly killed the
Burke bill, prohibiting the shooting of
doe deer at any time during the year
and providing that IL a hunter mistook
doe for buck and shot it during the
open season he might retain the car
cass on payment of $40 to the state
game warden. Assemblyman H. II.
Peavy of Washburn, who opposed the
bill, asserted the residents of the
northern part of the state sustained
much crop damage by reason OF the
ravages of deer and did not favor any
restrictions further than those now
provided for the shooting of deer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-02
IMPORTANT NEWS
ITEMS

Chicago, July 81. = President
Marshall will be the chief speaker at
the ceremonies on July 81 at the lay.
ing OF the cornerstone of the $1,000
900 vocational university to be erect
ed at Moosehart, near Aurora, III.
Windham, Conn, July 21.--Hon. Ed.
mund A, Parent, secretary Of the Uni:
ted States civil service commission,
died here. He was fifty years of age.
Washington. July 23.-The yearnfng
OF Mrs. Champ Clark to engage In an
aviation flight, while visiting Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Baker at Wildwood,
N. j., received a setback when the
speaker refused to let her 60.
Stettin. Germany, July 22.-The
workmen employed In the. ship build.
Ing yard here. to the number OF 5000,
voted to join the strike Monday.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-02
NEW MARKET BILL.
PASSED BY SENATE
MEASURE PROVIDING FOR PUB
Lie DOCKS AND HARBoRs
ALSO WINS.
INCOME TAX LAW AMENDED
Rate on Corporation Incomes 10 In
creased-Hioher Tuition Fees for
NONRESIDENT Students at Wiscon.
sin University Voted by Both Houses.

Madison.-The new marketing bill,
which is a substitute amendment for
the original BILL was passed In the SEN
ate. The bill defines illegal and unfair
business methods. and puts the duty
upon the encouragement to prosecute
violators of the law.
Senator Bosshard's bill, providing for
the levying of a tax to provide for the
requirement construction, mainte-
nance and operation of public docks
and harbors. was passed by the uenate
as was Senator Stevens bill, providing
for the assessment and taxation of for
est reserve lands.
The senate killed Speaker Hull's bill,
which proposed making owners and
operators of dams liable to the amount
OF double the par value of their stock
for damages resulting from the dams.
Senator GEMS bill amending the
income ta-- wv, increasing from to
6 the rate to be paid on corporation In
comes exceeding $1,000, was passed.
Bill 1121A, amending the law gov.
erning the organization and operation
of building and loan associations, and
bill 140S, increasing the power of the
bank commissioner in the matter of
mutual savings bank, was passed.
When the normal schools and uni.
versity appropriation bill came up for
passage for the second time in the as
sembly II was discovered that an
amendment made by the assembly in
creasing the fees for students from out
of the state, had been negatived by the
senate. Speaker Hull offered an
amendment restoring the essence Of
the former one. The Hull amendment
was passed and the bill then went
back to the senate, where the amend
ment was concurred in. The bill now
goes to the governor.
The sundries appropriations bill,
carrying for the biennial period,
$5.400,000, passed both houses.
The senate judiciary committee bill
550S, which provided for an increase in
the commission permitted to be charg-
ed In the case of loans of 800 and less
from per cent to IA per cent was
killed. This Dill allowed a rate of "a
per cent for the first year on small
loans.
The assembly passed the Estabrook
bill authorizing cities to permit the use
of rooms in public buildings by the
soldiers Of the civil war. 1t concurred
In senate bill 606-S. appropriating
s255,0o0 for reformatory for the fe-
male offenders: 1t non-concurred in
Teasdale bill 499. prohibiting minors
from frequenting billiard and pool
rooms; it concurred in the Scott bill
providing compensation for animals
slaughtered because infected with tn.
berculosis.
The assembly sustained the COVER
nor's veto of the Axel Johnson bill for
the semi-annual payment Of taxes by a
vote of 81 to 90.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-02
65 BURNED TO DEATF,
MOST OF VICTIMS OF BLAZE ARE
YOUNG GIRLS.
Terrific Burst Of Flame Traps Tollers
on Top Floor OF Bingham
ton, N. ", Factory.

Binghamton, n. Y, July 25.-After
several estimates had been made as
to the number OF lives lost in the
twenty minute fire that RACED the
Binghamton clothing factory plant.
the list of probable dead was Increased
10 G5 Wednesday
or this number only FIVE have been
les have been recovered from the
ruins.
One OF the charred bodies Is be-
lieYed 10 be that OF Nellie Conner. the
forewoman. who sacrificed her life In
an Effort to save those in her charge.
worn by Miss Conner were found.
Some twoscore persons are known
to have escaped as by miracles from
the building, which burst into flame
like tinderbox and became roaring
furnace In a short time after the first
alarm was sounded. About 1875 per
sons were in the factory when the fire
broke out. Those unaccounted for, or
most of them. are believed to be In
the red-hot ruins of the structure.
Around the scene of the disaster
the greatest the city has ever known
thousands watched the workers In the
glare OF three big searchlights, many
in the great throng being restrained
only by the closely drawn police from
rushing into the ruins to seek the
bodies OF relatives or friends.
After the first fierce blast the fire
seemed TO burst from every other part
OF the building at once. Upon the
fire escapes girls, women and mer
were clustered and inside others were
waiting to get onto the iron ladders
But the flames were too quick fol
them.
When the fremen arrived in re
spouse to the telephone alarm they
were unable to get within 200 feet Of
the burning building and the end;
Of the stream from their hose were
turned into steam without effect upor
the fire. The life nets and extension
| ladders OF the firemen were equally
useless. There was no chance fol
those caught on the upper floors ex
cept the last resort, to jump, and this
many took, while others fell. s.!riyelet
and crumpled with the heat,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-08-02
REMOVAL BILL VOTED DOWN
Measure Required Consent of Senate
for Dismissal of Governors
Appointees.

Madison.-The Bosshard bill; provid-
Ing that appointees of the governor
made by and with the advice and con-
sent of the senate can be removed only
with the consent of the senate and that
copy OF charges against the appointee
shall be submitted to the senate, was
non-concurred in by the assembly. 54
to 36. Under suspension of the rules,
a motion to reconsider was voted down
and this plan to rebuke Gov. McGov-
ern for his attempted removal of Com
missioner Ekern was put out of sight.