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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
NEWFANE.
Victrola Entertainment.

A pleasing entertainment was given
in Union hall Friday evening, when L.
II. Barber of Brattleboro, a successful
music dealer, gave free of charge for
the benefit of the Union Hall Helpers
rare musical program from the
worlds best musicians on his largest
Victrola. Although the evening was
stormy the house was well filed with
an appreciative audience, who gave
hearty applause. Not only did Mr..
Barber give fine concert, but also
rendered several selections for dancing,
which were much appreciated. Refresh
ments of cake and ice-cream were
served in the dining room. The wo-
men of the society feel very grateful
to Mr.. Barber and to Mrs. Barber, who
assisted, for the success of their en-
tertairment, also to Earl Howe for
the beautiful and artistic bills used in
advertising. Mr.. Howe is graduate
of the Economist Training school in
New York and shows much skill in this
line of work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
PUTNEY.
w elsh- Treadway.

\ pretty wedding took place at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George f.
Trcadway Of Shelter Island, y. Y.
Saturday afternoon, July 10, at )
O'Clock when their daughter, Fan
ME f., was married to John NJ
Welsh Of Jamaica, y. Y Rev. w. j.
Williams of1ifficiated, using the Episco-
pal service After the ceremony re-
frcshmcnts were served. The couple
left on the evening train for their fu-
turc home in Jamaica, n. Y.
Mrs Welsh s mother will be remem-
bercd in Putncy as Miss Mabel
Clough. Mrs. Welsh is the only
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dorr
Clough Of this place. Best wishes for
the happy future are extended to the
young couple in their new home
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
HALIFAX.

Mrs. Josephine Streeter and Miss
Dorothy Baseom of Readsboro were
visitors at A. G. Jones S recently.
4 baseball game will be played here
at the Center Saturday afternoon be
tween the Marlboro and Halifax
teams.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Crosier, Mrs.
Thomas Shaw and Welburn Shaw of
Shelburne Falls, Mass, are guests at
Maplehurst lodge this week.
Mrs. Anthony Holmes and Miss
Avis, who have been staying at Wa
pita lodge, returned to their home in
East Orange, y. j., Saturday.
H. NJ. Ward of New York city and
his sister, Mrs. Thomas Mills, and Miss
Josephine Mills of Cambridge, Mass,
and Miss B. b. Tomlin are at the deer
park.
Dr. Z. s. Niles of Boston was at
Maplehurst lodge recently. He
brought with him a Mr.. Morrison,
who will act as chauffeur at the lodge
this summer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
PERSONAL.

Morgan Sherman returned last night
from trip to Boston and Fitchburg.
Miss Brew of Hoosick Falls. n. Y.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. w. r. Da-
ley.
Miss Evelyn Staples is visiting
George l.. Dunham's family at Suna
pee lake two weeks.
Mrs. John S. Gilbert has returned to
her home in Providence after visit
in town with her brother, P F. Con
nors.
Miss Nellie Prouty and mother, Mrs.
Albert Prouty, and Mrs. George Ames
went Monday to visit in western New
York
DR.. Converse of New York city, who
was a guest at the Brooks House a
week, returned to New York yesterday
afternoon.
Ii. f. Jordan, who has just returned
from trip of 10 days through New
York state, SAYS that the crops in that
section need rain even more than those
here do.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Moore and son.
Roger, Mrs. II. f. Moore and Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Rosenberg and son of
Springfield, Mass, were guests Sunday
of Mrs. Bolliger at 33 Green street
Arthur p. Simonds and Mrs. ST.
mond sister, Mrs. Sutliffe, and Miss
Lavelle Sutlifre. went by automobile
to Connecticut today Mr. Simonds
will return tomorrow, but Mrs. ST.
monds and children will visit in New
Britiau and Southin0ton haforo ra+,,rn
ing home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
SUMMER FORESTRY SCHOOL.
VIII Be Held at the Downer State
Forest at Sharon, Aug. 1923.

MONTPELIER, July 2l.-The state
forester announces that the third an
nual summer school of forestry and
horticulture will be held at the Downer
state forest in Sharon from Aug. 10 to
2S, inclusive. This school is held by
the state forester in cooperation with
the University Of Vermont. 1t is open
to men and boys over is years of age,
and its purpose is to give those who
control lands in Vermont better un-
Outstanding Of the principles of fruit
growing and forest management.
The plan of this short course is to
give those attending the maximum of
field work and the minimum of lee
lures. At the beginning of each fore
noon aud afternoon there will be one
lecture, and the remainder of the peri
Oh Will be devoted to illustrating the
lecture in the field. Botany will be
taught, as usual, by Prof. G. F. Burns,
and horticulture by Prof. NJ. b. Cum
mings, both Of the University of Yer
mont; and forestry by the state forest
err and b. 4. Chandler.
Students will sleep in tents, which
are provided hy the state, and may
board with the superintendent of the
forest for A. for the whole period.
This is the only charge, aside from
that for transportation. Students
should bring their own blankets, towels,
soap. note book pencils, etc. Applica-
ton for admission should be made to
the state forester at Burlington before
Aug. 10.
There viii bc a field day for parents
and friends to visit the school on Sat
urdav, Aug. %, when there will be
public addresses on agriculture and
forestry, and an opportunity to inspect
the plantations which are among the
most extensive in the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
PULMOTOR SAVES INFANT.
Born With Collapsed Lungs, Air Is
Forced In and Child Lives.

Mrs Ida Williamson of New York
city while a patient In Lebanon hos
pital there gave birth to boy weigh
ing six pounds, but the child was born
with collapsed lungs in which there
was no air, and consequently there
was no circulation of blood. DR.. Ep-
stein of the house staff tried the usual
remedies for this condition, but they
proved unavailing. Then DR.. Abra-
ham RonZy. visiting physician, sug-
gested that they try pulmotor which
had arrived at the institution several
days before
Placing the cap over the child's face
In the same way it is used for restor-
ing an asphyxiated person. the two
physicians worked the pulmotor at
very low pressure. Within ten min
utes there We're respiration and circu-
lation, and the infant was declared
out of danger. DR.. Ronzy said that as
far as he leaew this was the first time
a pulmotor had been put to this use
and said he would report the case to
the medical societies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Ray Ingram and John Ingram of
Boston are guests at Iva NJ. Ingram S.
Miss Eleanor Perry of Agawam,
Mass, has been visiting friends in
town week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Whitney and
daughter, Helen, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Brown.
Miss Lizzie Flynn of Croton, New
York, was a guest last week of l.. w.
Bingham and his mother, Mrs. Willard
Bingham
Mrs. Herbert c. Bingham, was called
to South Londonderry Friday on ac-
count of the illness of her mother, Mrs.
Charles Coleman.
A number of the farmers have finish
ed having. The hay generally is a
light crop, although on some of the hill
farms there is a good average crop.
Sidney Jones is living at the farm
recently bought of Samuel II. Morse
boarding with Mr., and Mrs. Morse,
who expect to vacate the house in the
near future.
Eugehe Morse and friends, Mr.. Val
entine and Mr. Henry, all of Chicago
arrived at Frank G. Morse S Friiay
afternoon, having Travelled the entire
distance from Chicago i'll an automo
bile. They spent five days en- route
John NJ. Stratton returned Friday tC
| Brattleboro, where he has taken a
position in Clark s grocery store Har-
old Stratton left Saturday and his SIS
/ ter, Miss Dorothy Stratton, came &c
spend a few weeks with her grand
/ parents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
TOWNSHEND.

Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Skinner were at
the Inn Thursday.
NJ c. Smith Of Brattleboro spent
Sunday at the Inn with friends.
Mr. and Mrs H. H. Valley of Bos-
ton were at the Inn over Sunday.
Mrs Ralph Snyder and Mrs. Earl
Derry were in Newfane the last of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Hewett of
Greenfield, Mass, came to the Inn
Saturday.
Wesley Phillips of Seabreeze, Fla,
came Monday to visit his mother, Mrs.
Mary Phillips.
Mrs Eta Ward of Greenfield came
the first Of the week to visit her sis
ter, Miss Myra Hobart
Miss Myrtle Marsh of Athol, Mass,
came Saturday to visit the home of
her brother, A. r. Marsh.
The Townshend baseball team win
play the Jamaica team on the Jamaiea
grounds Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Cook of Green
field, Mass, called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Hackley at the Inn Saturday.
Mrs. H. s. Kidder, Sylvia Kiddcr
and Guy Hawkins are confined to
their homes on account of mumps
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Harvey, Miss
Emma Harvey and Charles E. Well
man of Chester were at the Inn Thurs
day.
Wallace Cudworth of Hartford,
Conn, visited his sister, Miss Pru-
dence Cudworth, at the Inn Thurs
day.
Miss Prudence Cudworth, who had
been visiting her cousin, Miss Eliza
beth Cudworth, at the Inn, went away
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs H. H. Valley of Bos-
ton were at the summer home of his
aunt, Mrs. Edward o 'Brien, in Har-
monyville.
Mrs. Alton Holden went Tuesday to
/ Guilford to attend reunion of the
members of her father S family, the
Crosier family.
/ Henry c. Meyer of Wilmington,
Del, is visiting at the summer home
of his aunt, Mrs. Edward o Brien, in
4 Harmonyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. right Philips and
two children, Gladys and Marion, of
+ Westfeld, Mass, came Monday to visit
his mother, Mrs. Mary Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Cudworth and
daughter, Mildred, of Londonderry
came Saturday to visit Mrs. Cud
worth 5 parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Haynes
Sanders.
A pair of colts belonging to A. Y
Bigelow became frightened while
hitched in the horse sheds in the rear
of the Baptist church Monday morn
ing and ran away. They ran up NORTH
street and collided with a telegraph
pole, which was knocked over, thel
ran into tree in Evans 5 yard, anC
here they were caught. Considerable,
damage was done to the wagon, bu
the horses were not injured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
Postoffice In an Airship.

There is now a postoffice on the Ger
man airship Sachsen, according to a
postcard received recently by Herbert
Bremen, whose father owns a big no.
tel at Baden Baden, but who is learn
ing the business in this country be-
hind desk at the Ritz-Carlton hotel.
In New York city. Brenner's postcard
came from his brother Alfred, who
was making a trip on the Sachsen, now
in regular service The card is post
marked can bord des ZeppelinLuft-
schiff Sachsen 80 Mai, 1913" and is
also stamped Baden Baden"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

j. a. Larrow took an automobile load
d hay over to Rev. Father Griffin $
camp at Spofford lake this week.
The special committee appointed by
the school district have been inspecting
different sites for a playground today.
The first six farmers who present
themselves at the office of T. Crosby &
Co., Thursday morning will be given
large advertising umbrellas.
Fred H. Harris had an easy time
in the first round Of the national clay
court tennis Tournaments IN Omaha,
Ncb, yesterday, defeating Robert Me
aguc Of Omaha go, 60
The Ladics Enterprise viii meet to-
morrow afternoon II 2 O'Clock az Full
Ter paris y fun attendance IS desired
tn" ladies' are requested to bring cake
for the party in the evening
Workmcn arc engaged ia removing
the water main in Venom street. Fires
are lighted i'm tire trench ri cach joint
70 melt the solder ana much OF the
pipe y being removed intact.
The power boat Of the lloibrook Cab
a. Rollins corporation which had
been ~ the water here a year and was
used great deal in comcc ton with
The bridge building, has hecn shipped
To Boston for use on work there
j. l.. Storl.wcll through his attorneys,
II. G. and T. +. Barber. has entered
suit against Horace f. Prefontainc to
recover 5000 on a promissory note FOR
three moutha dated March 81 1913,
which the plaintiff signed jointly with
the defendant
II. president. presided at the
directors moatir. al the Fort Dummgr
Mills, held Monday morning. Only
routine business was transacted. The
only other director from out of town
who was present was l.. ". Campbell
Of Woosocket, r. l.
Ruth f. r. Baiou, through her at
torncy, II. f. Eddy, has fled in the
county court q petition for divorce
from her husband Walter L. Ballou
now a resident of Rocky Ford. Col
They were married Jan s. 1907. ir
llinsdale. y. H., by Rev u w White
and lived together until December y
1905.
The '.Prisoncr Of Zcnda picture,
at the Princess theatcr yesterday at
tI'til'b large audience last evening
So large that not all could obtain admis
siohson to the first how The picture,
are Up -four parts and five reels and ar,
unusually clear. James K Hackett i
the star, supported by his own company
81 wellknoWn actors.
Mrs oliver Il. button, 81, formerly
Of Brattlcboro, died July 20 ia Brook
lyn Conn, after a long illness. The
family formerly lived at - Canal street
aud Mr. Dutton was employed by the
Central Vermont Railway company
Later they carried on a small farm il
West Brattleboro and sold vegetable.
~ team in West Brattleboro and thi.
village.
Thirteen race horses which are bein,
campaiPued by Louis t. Fletcher o
Fitchburg in the Canadian circuit, Ia,
narrow escape from being burned il
FIRE which destroyed a large humble
of buildings and killed three horses a
the Dolorimer race track, Montreal
Canada, late Friday night. Fletche
is we'll known in Brattleboro throug
his frequent visits to the Valley fair.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
Minute "MOVieS''
of the News
Right Off the Reel

Three brothers in Philadelphia have
received gold medals for not having
missed Sunday school in twenty years.
New counterfeit half dollars have
been discovered in Lenox, Mass. They
first came to light in the contribution
box of church.
Victor Ferrante, a Baptist minister
of Syracuse, n. Y, serving ten years
for counterfeiting, has just been freed
by President Wilson.
The threatened strike of the ship
builders in Scotland, involving about
10000 men. has been averted again,
pending ballot by the men.
E. Dana Durand, former director of
the United States census, will head
the bureau of reseach in agricultural
economics at the Minnesota Agricul-
tural college,
Louis Grandjean, who said he had
been out nearly ten years on a $4,000
mile hike, sought aid of the New York
police to reach Paris, where he ex-
poets to win $4,000 wager
Ten men with eight legs between
them attended the funeral of the one
legged manager of an artificial limb
factory in Chicago. The four pail
bearers were all one legged men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
BACK FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
Chamber of Commerce Delegation Be.

BOSTON, July %. = The delegation
from the Boston Chamber of Com
merce which has been touring South
America in the interests of closer
commercial relations arrived in this
city today. The members are enthu-
siastic in appreciation of the hospi-
talities showered upon them during
their visits TO Latin American cities,
and all declared that New England
industries would reap benefit in the way
of increased trade.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22

Mrs. G. K Carter left Friday for a
few days visit with friends in Spring
field
Mrs. c. A. Nichols and little Way
land and Margaret left Friday for a
visit with relatives in Lunenburg.
Mrs Elizabeth Bickford of Boston
was a guest q few days last week of
Mrs. w. c. Ballou and Mrs. Fray Bal
lou.
Miss Florence Chaplin of Chicopee,
Mass, is spending few weeks in the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Carpenter.
Mr. and Mrs George Curtis left
Monday to visit relatives in South Lon
donderry and other places before re
turning to their home in Boston.
Miss Lillian Redfcld came the first
of the week to spend a vacation OF a
few weeks in the home of her grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Carpenter.
Mrs. Grace Heald and two sons,
Theodore and Kenneth, of Hadley,
Mass. came Saturday for a visit at
4. H. Farnum 8 Mrs. Farnum is ex-
pected home from Castleton the last
of the week and Mrs. Head win re-
main a while to visit her sister before
returning to Hadley.
Miss Elizabeth Kirkman of New
York city, former summer resident
| here. who made many friends. is an
able contributor to the Junior Forum
| of the New York Sunday Tribune, her
speciality being The Alphabet of TIM
| Tots. Her amusing and versatile line
are illustrated with quaint pictures OF
little ones, and happy feature IS III
introduction of couplett which may
prove a geographical or classic growth
for instance, Little Greta Moore among
the vineyards, basket in hr'd. - #isef,
she sees the stately Alps ercw, ell y. -
eternal snow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
New Fact of History

A small boy, taking an examination
In United States history, handed in
the following composition: General
Braddock was killed in the revolu-
tonary war. He had three horses
shot under him and a fourth went
through his clothes"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
DuMMERSTON.

DR.. LeFever of Philadelphia IS ex-
pected at the Knight homestead this
week.
Miss Sarah Bradley has returned fr7m
Dublin, n H., where she visited the
Emory family.
Miss Mary Bradley is i'll. She went
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Bradley, to Boston today for an exami-
nation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
Mt Unnatural Question.

Ono cay ny little son, aged four,
VS. I.c-1G with his black doll and
tEL;e2 her around by the arms.
toid him net to do so; that he would
hart her and make her cry. He said.
G3-2ma. If Dinah cried, would she
cry black tears?"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
NO PRESIDENT CHOSEN.
Committee of the New Haven System
Will Meet Again Tomorrow

NEW YORK, July % The com
mittcc Of directors of the New Haven
railroad system appointed to select a
successor to President Mellen met to-
day but adjourned without making
choice. Another meeting Will be held
tomorrow and it is expected that sew
cral meetings Will be held before the
new president is named.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
DEATHS.

In Brooklyn, Conn, July 90, Mrs.
Oliver r. Dutton, 81, formerly of
Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
THE WEATHER.

Fair Tonight and Wednesday; Showers
in Vermont.
WASHINGTON, July %. The
weather forecast: Fair tonight and
Wednesday in Maine and New lamp
shire. Showers tonight or Wednesday
i'm Vermont; light variable winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22

The humming bird may visit the hon
eysuckle simply because it is near the
rose.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22

Three brothers in Philadelphia have
received gold medals for not having
missed Sunday school in twenty years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-30

their wits end of late on account
of fake calls for help that have
been sent to emergency hospitals,
the morgue and the police. Final
ly, Miss May Stencil, telephone
operator at police headquarters,
received call. She switched the
party onto Detective Fred
Kracke's phone and told him to
keep teh party in conversation
while she looked uptheir number.
Kracke did. 1t was woman,
and he talked giddily and gushing
yto her for half hour, by which
time her residence was discovered
and she was arrested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-30
|BIxBY FREE
OF CHARGES
SAYS JURY

LOS ANGELES, Sept. &c.
George H. Bixby, Long Beach mil
lionaire, is today free of the
charges that he contributed to the
delinquency of minor girls as the
result of the jury's verdict of not
guilty late last night.
The charge against Bixby was
one of two indictments returned
against him. In the first one of
which he was acquitted Cleo Helen
Barker and Marie Brown-Levy
girls of minor age at the Jonquil.
a notorious resort near Los An
geles, were the complaining wit
nesses.
In instructing the jury Judge
Bledsoe explained that Bixby
should be given every benefit of
the doubt and that all allegations
of conspiracy to blackmail should
be disregarded.
The jury was out for three
hours before 1t returned it's YER
dict OF mot guilty."
Another indictment against the
millionaire based on the same Of
tense may not be tried, according
to the prosecuting attorneys Of
flee today. Damage suits aggre-
eating $150,000 against Bixby and
filed by the Jonquil habitues may
be the basis for an investigation
by the Los Angeles County Bar as
ISOLATION against lawyers who filed
them for the girls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-30
new SPEEDWAY
TO be BUILT
ON PRAIRIE

A new race speedway for Taco
ma, to be two miles long and built
inside the present Lakeview track,
was decided upon at meeting of
the Tacoma Carnival association
last evening. The track, hard
surfaced but not macadamized,
will cost approximately $500, 900,
and the only difficulty that now
confronts the association is the
method of raising funds for its
construction.
Frank Allyn, jr., p. H. Hebb
and County Treasurer G. J. Carr,
forming a committee appointed to
investigate, proposed speedway
sites, presented report that was
unanimously adopted. 1t is pro-
posed to organize a Speedway
company and sell stock to Taco
mans. The new track, If funds
can be raised, will be ready for the
big races next year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-30
WOMAN FAILS TO
HAVE ENOUGH
EVIDENCE

Declaring there was not enough
evidence to warrant trial, Judge
Card yesterday afternoon dismiss
ed a breach of promise suit
brought by Maggie Mcpherson
against James Stafford for $751;
600.
Mrs. Mcpherson, who has been
married and twice divorced. al
legged that. she and Stafford had
been together great deal and a
child was born to them. Then,
she says, he promised to marry
her but failed to do SO.
Judge Card says it was just
the word of one against the 9TH
er, and that there was no evil
dence to show that Stafford was
the parent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-09-30
MAD DOCS BITE
!. CHILDREN: MAY
have RABIES

Vicious dogs. believed to be in
fected with hydrophobia, caused
several complaints to the police
last night. One of the dogs, after
swapping at a small child at 1419
South G street, made a vicious at
tack on Patrolman Peter Moran,
who was sent to investigate the
case. Moran was forced to kill
the dog. The same dog had snap
ped at several children and 1t was
learned afterward, had bitten 9TH
err dogs. c. A. Bartlett, 5812
South / street, reported that dog
had bitten his boy late in the
evening. A child of six years was
bitten by another dog at 18th and
Sheridan avenue. An examination
will be made of the carcase Of the
dog killed by Officer Moran in an
endeavor to learn whether it was
infected.