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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
w. 7. JEROME
WAS ACQUITTED
HonorabIy Discharged with
an Apology from Pre-
siding Judge
REGRETTED INDIGNITY
PUT UPON ATTORNEY
Jerome Thanked Court and Spoke
Flatteringly of His Reception in
Canada-Cheerings Kisses and Cat
Calls When jerome Sat Down.

COATICOOK, 2. @, Sept 9.-WiI-
liam T. Jerome was acquitted last
night on the charge of having gam
bled ON Thursday last ON the station
property of the Grand VUua railroad
while waiting for the Immigration .rj.
thorities to pass ou the case Of t.atr-
X. Thaw. In diScharein@ him the
court apoIogizcd for the humiliation
to which he had been subjected. The
hearing before Magistrate Henry NuI-
vcna of Shcrbrooke lasted less than an
hour. 1t began at 1.35 O clock aud at
$50 the court said; " Sir, you are hon
orably discharged. -
An attempt to hold an afternoon ses-
sion failed because the magistrate felt
he had no authority to take precedence
over James Mckee, the Justice OF the
peace who signed the warrant for Mr.
Jerome 5 arrest. Last night, however,
the magistrate said he was convinced
of his authority to act and the hear
ing moved with dispatch. Joseph
Beaulnc, a Coaticook lawyer who said
he variouslv represented Justice, the
people and the criminal code, interrupt
ed the afternoon session, but when he
endeavored TO renew similar tactics
last evening he was ruled out Of
court.
Townspeorle packed the court room
when the hearing was opened. Every
bench was taken. every inch of stand
ing room was occupied and the bolt
among the auditors advanced in a rag
ged scmi-circle about the counsel table
and perched at the sides of the dias
upon which the magistrate sat. Jerome
looked straight at the court and did
not once glance at the thron@. which
in looks. grimaces and suhducd re
marks was plainly hostile.
\. G. Hanson. Joint crown prosccu-
| tor opened the case with the reading
of the complaint OF Milford Al1rich.
! mill hand. who sWore that he had seen
the defendant playing cards for money
at the railway station. Statutes We're
quoted 10 show that this was an in
/ dictable otfense punishable with a
/ year 5 imprisonment. Samuel Jacobs
| Iof Montreal. who has been retained by
/ New York STATE in It's effort to return
IThaw to Matteawan. conteuded that
the statute applies only to gambling
on public conveyance proper. The
court took this question under advise
ment and called for witnesses. Scv-
cral residents OF Coaticook testified
that they saw jerome playing cards i'm
an automobile, hut they could tell
nothing definite about exchanges OF
money.
Summing up. the prosecution pointed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
SURPRISED STEER
WHICH CHARGED HIM
Aged Guiiford Man Laid Him On His
Back-Seized Animal by Horn and
aid Showed Him a Few Things.

\ young steer. running wild down
the road in Guilford the other day lad
the surprise of his young life when
AIonzo Weatherhead, who is So years
young, threw the animal and held him
until others could tie him and reiegate
him to a place where he was less liable
to do damage than in the highway,
Mr.. Wcatherhead, who, i'll his young
CT days, learned much about animals
and was possessed of strength and
speed, was seated in his house when
he saw the animal careering down the
highway. lie hurried out and the
steer charged him.
lie stepped to one side and grabbed
la horn as the animal went by, but the
impact threw him Il few feet. In spite
of his years he was ready for business
before the steer was and, grabbing
him in the approved Quo Nadis stage
style, twisted the steer s head until the
animal lost his footing and fell, with
Mr.. Wcathcrhead in a commanding
position. Help was summoned and the
animal securely fastened until he could
be taken back to the pasture from
which he had escaped in a partially
/ wild state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
NEW OUTLET FOR
TOWN SEWER SYSTEM
Railroad Contractors Preparing to
Dredge River Near Milestone
Brook for Bridge Foundation.

Workmen employed 10y the Hol-
brook, Cabot x Rollins corporation fin
ished today the work of laying a
new heavy iron sewer line through the
railroad embankment built this year
lust north of the Milestone brook
arch. 1t was thought that the new
embankmeut might break the old pipe,
which is the outlet of the town sewer
system. and to avoid trouble new
line was laid. 1t is II feet under
ground and will extend out Is feet in
to the river and the outlet viii be
eight feet under low water
Piles have been driven near the
Milestone arch and upon the trcstlc
work thus formed will he placed q
derrick and clamshell scoop, which will
he used to drcdoe the river bottom in
that locality probably to depth Of p
feet. After this IS done a Golfer dam
Will lee built and bridge for the ex-
ira railroad tracks constructed. The
material from the river bottom will
be used to fill in the cellar of the old
Crosby elevator.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
NEGRO GIRLS $4,000 A YEAR.
n-Year Old Will Pay Biggest In
come Tax in Oklahoma.

MUsKOGEE, Okla, Sept. . - A
Negro girl 10 years old will pay the
largest income tax in Oklahoma. Sa-
rah Rector, who lives Just west Of
Muskoeee, has an income Of more than
$4,000 4 year
It is the Old story of the lucky al
lottee and the oil WELL Sarah is the
descendant of a Creek freedman She
had nothing to do with the selection of
her allotment and probably has never
seen it and does not know where it is.
But it is 1G0 acres of land and upon
it has been drilled the biggest produc-
ing well in the midcontinent field.
This is what is known as the Jones
Gusher, near the town of Cushing. The
we'll IS producing more than - 500 a
day and Sarah gets one-eighth as her
share.
This is Just the beginning. Arrange
ments are already made to drill other
wells There is no doubt but these will
lalso be big producers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09

gave to the Progressive cause and also
to the fact that many Republicans
have been convinced that the Repub-
lican party in Maine is now Progress
sive.
The combined anti-Democratic vote
Of the Republicans and Progressives
gave a plurality against Mayor Pat
tangall of rising 5000.
The Peters vote was los per cent
greater than the Taft vote, while the
Pattangall and Wilson vote did not
vary more than a score Of votes.
National aspect was lent to the
campaign by the interest taken in the
candidacy of Mr.. Pattangall by the
Democratic administration. Copies of
"A personal letter from the President
advocating the election of Demo
cratic candidate, were widely circu-
lated throughout the district, and two
members of the cabinet, Secs Bryan
and Redfeld, and Speaker Champ
Clark came to the state and spoke ut
a number of meetings.
They were assisted by a number of
members of Congress at different
times. Never in the history of the
state has Il national administration
taken so close personal interest in
a campaign for Congressman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
PERFORMERS THOUGHT
THEY HAD A CORPSE
Vaudeville Team Received Today Long
Wicker Basket in Place of Equip
ment They Need Tonight.

vaudeville team scheduled for its
fire appearance at Island park this
evening was thunderstruck to receive
by express this morning a long wicker
basket that had come to this country
on the Mauretania on August 30 and
which to them bore every appearance
of containing corpse. 1t resembled
somewhat q wicker basket in which
they shipped a lot of the paraphernalia
OF their act, but it bore the name
- Archie Goodall' and had come from
abroad. Nothing they had with them
was due on the Mauretania
The supposition that they had re-
ceived by express corpse grew to a
point whore it was possible for some to
even detect an odor. investigations
which was possible to certain extent
by unstrapping the ends Of the basket
and raising the corners few inches.
developed the fact that the basket
contained, for the most part, blankets
The odor disappeared from the vicinity
Of the most sensitive nostr;ls instantly
upon the discovery that there was moth
ing but blankets and such objects with
in the basket. Meantime the duo Of
performers are no better off i'm the
matter of their equipment than is Ar
chic Goodall, who probably would rath-
cr have his blankets and whatever else
of his belongings may be in the basket
than he would the knockdown stage
house used by the acrobats and which
undoubtedly has been shipped to
Archie
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
BIG FIRE TO-DAY IN
NEWBURYPORT, MASS
Two Lives Lost and Two Persons
Badly njured-ExpIosion in
Garage Started Fire

NEWBTRYPORT. Mass. Sept. O.
Fire starting from the explosion of a
braziue machine in the Merrimac
street garage today spread to nearly
score of nearby buildigns. and be-
fore it was controlled by the combined
efforts OF the Newburyport. Haverhill
Marblehead Amesburv and Ports
mouth fremen if had caused $4,000
damage to the garage. the Orpheum
theater and the residence of John D.
Parsons and had damaged many
other buildings. Edwin NJ ingalls,,
proprietor of the garage. is dying from
burns. His bookkeeper, Marion F1an-
ders. and q customer, Fred Fowler
Were also burned, but they viii prob
ably recover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
"Made i'm BrattlebOrO" Ex-
hibit at Fair Certain to
Be a Success
BUILDING WILL BE
FINISHED SATURDAY
Will Contain Il Spaces IL Feet Square
List of Concerns to Whom Space
Has Been Allotted Important New
Feature of Fair.

The +" Made in Brattleboro' build
ing at the Valley fair grounds will be
completed Saturday right by Holden
Il Martin, the contractors who are now
engaged in its erection Already 13
of the II spaces have been spoken for
the = \. Smith Co. asking for two,
but in the event that two other con
cerns desire space the Smith company
viii take but one. Each space is to be
II by u feet and an aisle eight feet
~ width will run the length of the
building. The demand for space as
sures an especially attractive new de-
partment.
The local exhibitors viii include the
Estey and Carpenter organ companies,
each OF which viii show specimens of
its products. The Fort Dummer Mills
Will have an exhibition of its cotton
goods and the White Mfg. Co, who
make handkerchiefs, viii show a large
assortment.
The Automatic Machine Co. a con
Germ that recently located in town and
makes a machine that stamps and
seals envelopes AMI other automatic
machines, viii exhibit its line of ma
chimes. The White River Chair Co.,
makers Of chairs that 20 to many for
\ eign countries. and the s. A. Smith
Co.. makers of carts, rocking horses,
wheelbarrows. etc. for children, viii
/ have an especially interesting exhibit.
as viii the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
Co.. who make overalIs. duck coats
nd other articles Of clothing.
Z. L. Hildreth & Co.. and the Yer
mont Printing Co. will have elaborate
exhibits of work turned out by their
plants. The c. II. Grant Granite
4 90. will exhibit among other things,
specimens of granite taken from both
4 the Dummerston and the Vernon quar-
ries in various stages Of manufacture.
The board of trade will have an in
forma tion bureau IN the building where
information concerning Brattleboro
and its varied lines of business viii be
available during the fair. The building
also will be lettered on the outside to
show that it is a board of trade in
stitution.
The fact that practically all the
available space is spoken for before
the building Is completed indicates
that the local business concerns are
alive to the value of the publicity
which they Will get, also that it was a
wise move on the part of the board of
trade and the Valley Fair association
TO cooperate in providing for this new
feature. 1t viii be good advertising
for the business houses, the fair and
the town.
Brattleboro 5 business houses which
could make creditable exhibits of their
Iproducts are by no means all represent
led in the list to which space has been
allotted for this year, and il would
not be surprising if the building had
to be enlarged in the near future.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
VIOLATIONS ALLEGED.
Claim That 8-Hour Day is Not OBJ
served by Government

WASHINGTON, Sept 9.-Charges
that the government is winking at
gross violations of the eight hour law
in the execution of government con
tracts led to the institution today of
an investigation by the Central Labor
Union. The American Federation of
Labor viii aid in pressing the inquiry
+. L. Tucker, delegate to the union,
is authority for the accusation that on
much of the federal work nine and
even 10 honr schedules are not un-
common. It is also charged that
work is being done at a cost greater
than could be done by the government
direct.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
COURT TERM
BEGAN TODAY
Suit for Alienation of Affec-
tiOns First Case Set
for Trial
SESSION LTKLEY TO
BE OF FAIR LENGTH
Judges Miles, Pier and Hastings Pre-
siding Numerous Cases Settled and
Grand Jury Consider
ing Murder Case.

The September term of the Windham
county court opened at the court house
in Newfane at 1015 clock this
morning, Superior Judge Willard w
Miles of Barton and Assistant Judges
Fred B. Pier of Brattleboro and Ed
ward l.. Hastings of Towushend pre-
siding. Rev. 6. X Carter of Ncwfaue
offered the opening prayer. Court was
opened by Deputy Sheriff A. W. j. VIII
kins in the absence Of Sheriff Clifford
h. Mann, who is engaged on a tour of
the state summoning the 106 telephone
companies to hearings before the pub
lie service commission at Montpelier
September 30.
The forenoon was occupied with the
calling Of the docket and this showed
that several of the old eases had been
settled or discontinued The jury trial
list when called showed that large
percentage of the cases viii be tried.
The prospect is for n term of fair
length
Among the cases reported settled
was that Of Wilbur Il. Snyder of ia
maica against Perlcv f. Starks. a suit
growing out of an injury to the plant
ltf caused by a baseball bat slipping
from the hands of the defendant dur
ing BAH game
\ motion to consolidate the eases of
John d. Pierce of Newfane against
Vivian f. Mitchell of Easthampton.
Mass, counter suits growing out Of az
an automobile trade, was made and
decision withheld.
The eases of the Dewitt Grocery
+ Co. against Oscar T. Ware and others
and the Henry J. Perkins Co. against
the same defendants, known as the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
CANNIBALS POSSESS
POLISH AND CHIVALRY
Dan Crawford Says Their Rites Are
Rude but Solemn, and Women
Never Eat Human Flesh.

Cannibals. yes, but the most splen-
did gentlemen i'm the world. Is the de
scription given of the Negroes of Cen
tral Africa by Dan Crawford author
Of "Thnkin@ Black, who recently
arrived in this country to attend the
NorthfeId conference and who made
his first public utterauce in the United
States in the Centre Conversational
church of BrattIeboro.
Mr.. Crawford has lived among the
eannibals for % years till, he claims
he is as much Negro as they are.
- live with the Luban tribe. " he
said. ga million strong. They are the
most splendid gentlemen | ever knew.
armed to their finger tips with polish
and chiyalrv
"They have a wonderful language
which ! am getting into grammatical
form in a book | am preparing. Just
think of a language where nouns have
10 genders and verbs % lenses. They
are canuibaIs, yet never in the history
of Africa or canuibalism has woman
been known to eat human flesh.
"Their religion is one of sex. They
view sex as the basis of life. and.
therefore, deserving Of worship. They
have rites that are rude and unpriuta-
bic, but when understood they are the
most solemn on earth.
1.-The land is the home of the ori.i-
nal sutfragette. Polygamv exists as a
natural trait but the women all pro
test against it, and, fighting for mono
gamy, poison each other where a man
has more than one wife. Five wives is
the average, and every one of them is
the enemy of the other. They are not
an immoral people, but intensely relig-
J ious in their own way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
"BIG TIM" SULLIVAN
HAS DISAPPEARED
Well Known Representative in Con
gress Was Suffering from a
Nervous Breakdown

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Timothy D.
Sullivan, representative in Congress,
nlcknamed Big Tim by his loyal
followers on the east side, disappeared
last Tuesday morning from the eoun-
try home of his brother at Williams
burg, eluding his guards while they
were asleep. 1t IS known that he had
but dollar In his pockets. He suf-
fered from nervous breakdown after
the last election, and as a result never
took his seat in Congress, but was
placed in a sanitarium. The courts
adjudged him incompetent to manage
his affairs and committee had been
named to have charge of his personal
affairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
John A. Peters Elected Con-
greSSman in Third Maine
District
$50 VOTES AHEAD OF
DEMOCRAT OPPONENT
Vote for Peters Was 1O8 Per Cent
Greater Than the Taft Vote Last
acknowledgement Vote Showed
Falling Off of so Per Cent.

AUGUSTA, Me, Sept. 9.-CompIete
returns, except for Long Island Plan
t&tion, small place off the coast in
Hancock county, of the special Con
gressional election in the Sd Maine
district yesterday gave John A. Peters
of Ellsworth, the Republican speaker
of the Maine House of Representa-
tives, Il plurality Of SOB over Ex-At-
torney General William r. Pattangall,
the Democratic candidate.
Democratic national leaders had hop
ed for an endorsement Of the pending
tariff bill and of the present admins
tration through Mr.. Pattangall's 5 eec-
tion.
Mr.. Peters vote was sGI9 greater
than that polled for Edward NJ Law
renee of Lubec, the Progressive stan
dard bearer, to whose success the
Progressives looked to establish their
party as the chief rival of Democracy
in Maine.
The total vote, without Long Island
plantation, which last November cast
a total of only - votes, was as fol-
lows:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
NEW YoRK's MURDER MYSTERY
Police Following Trail of Murder-Vic-
tim Unidentified.

NEW YORK, Sept 9.-The trail Of
the murderer who cut up his victim and
sunk her dismembered body in the Hud-
son river less than ten days ago, led the
detectives today to the secondhand
store Of George Sachs on the upper west
side Sachs sold the pillow covering in
which portion of the body was found
to middle-aged woman last April This
woman is being hunted today There
are still no clues as to the identity of
the girl. The police are investigating
several stories Of girls who are miss
ing from home
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09

out that a Dominion law had been
enacted to protect the public from
card sharps on trains, steamships and
other public conyeyances, and that ac-
cordiug to the evidence William Tray
ers Jerome, late district attorney of
New York, had violated this law.
Though vague, he continued, the sta
tute undoubtedly applied to railroad
yards and stations, and he asked for
a conviction. Mr. Jacobs did not even
sum up for the defense. "To save the
court 5 time, he said, '.we should
make no statement.
Magistrate ATulvena leaned back
and pondered for not more than 30
seconds. In rendering Judgment, :
he said, q / shall be verv brief | be-
lieve every right minded man in Can
ada regrets and feels the humiliation
at the iuGiaujtv which has been placed
upon Won It is cxcusable neither in
law nor - fact. The evidence adduced
at this hearing gives no reasons for
the charge which was laid against YOU
nor for the indignities which you have
suffered
q believe, sir, in all the circum-
stances you Will not attribute the ap-
parent offeuse offered you while i'm a
friendly country in the discharge Of
your duty rs public officer to the real
thinking people Of this communitv
You are, sir, honorably discharged :
Dead silence greeted the conclusion
of the court 5 remarks.
Then Mr. Jerome stood up: You
may feel assured, your lordship.' - he
aaid, ''that | understand thoroughly
the circumstances of this case Since
! have been in Canada | have been
received with uniform courtesy in
@herbrooke, in Montreal, and. | may
say, in Coatcook by the thinking peo-
.e. | am sure those who have been m-
temperate have been misled rather bv
ignorance Of the facts than by any
real malice. | shall! always remember
my visit TO Canada with great pleas
ure This ease has been something Of
a humiliation for me, but | do not feel
! have been Inundated before the
thoughtful people here.
There was a subdued outburst OF
cheering when Jerome sat down. but
the cheers were drowned by Kisses and
catcalls. Magistrate Mulvena called
for order and the crowd poured out up
on the court house lawn Mr.. Jerome
went Immediately to the station and
bought Il ticket for Island Pond. Vt.
where he will pick up his automobile
and motor to New York city by way
of Albany.
Franklin Kennedy, deputy attorney
general, accompanied him. Harry
Thaw. in the detention room over the
railway station. heard the news of his
old opponent : aequittal almost imme-
diately. THAT 5 good, - he said "Tt
saves me $3.50. This remark refer
red to the fact that Thaw had magnan-
imously offered to make good any loss
sustained by Andre Rousseau. a local
hotel keeper, and one of the two sure
ties in Jerome 5 $500 bond 4 had not
been decided last night whcn Thaw
would be removed to Montreal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09

COATICOOK, 2. O., Sept. o.-Wil.
liam Travers Jerome : acquittal last
night on the charge of gambling was
the chief topic discussed by the resi-
dents here today. Opinion is divided as
to the verdict. Jerome is on his way
to Albany by motor car. He viii re
turn to Montreal by rail next Sunday in
preparation for Thaw' 5 production
Monday on the habeas corpus writ. The
argument on the writ may mark the
beginning of a battle of many weeks.
possibly months. Thaw is apparently
eontented in thought. His lawyers are
doing all in their power to block his re-
turn to Matteawan. 1t is not known
here when he viii be taken to Montreal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
SOMETHING NEW IN
ENTERTAINMENT LINE
Moving Pictures Combined with Phono-
graph Pleased Good Sized Audi
encc III Auditorium

An entertainment entirely different
from anything ever presented before
in Brattleboro was the Edison kincto-
phone program in the Auditorium last
evening. A good sized audience was
present and all marveled at this latest
invention of the wizard, Thomas 4.
Edison. As the word kinetophone in
dicates, the program consisted of Sc
ries Of animated pictures, moving pie
lures as they arc commonly called.
combined with the phonograph.
Lyman Howe has introduced sounds.
made by mechanical contrivances, and
to some extent talking, as an accom-
paniment to his moving pictures. but
the Edison invention rcprodures the
the actual words and sounds spoken or
produced by the persons and objects
shown in the pictures.
1t is a remarkable accomplishment.
although the public has learned not
TO be astonished at anything that Edi-
son does The svnchronization last
night was perfect, the coincidence of
sounds and movements being perfect
The program was devoted largely to
singing and dramatic action, but sev-
eral films were shown which introduced
dialogue.
The Anvil Chorus, some Irish melo
dies, quartet singing, nursery rhymes
and songs acted in costume. minstrel
show with complete first and second
parts, were among the more ENJOYABLE
/ numbers. By way Of contrast, moving
picture without the phonograph com
bination was given.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-09
ANOTHER AIR TRAGEDY.
German Aviator Killed While Compel
ing for Distance Prize

BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 9.-Dr.
Ringer, a German aviator, was killed
today while competing for the distance
prize. He had ascended from the avi-
alton field at Johannisthal, and after
flying a few miles his machine fell
from height Of GOO feet. Ringer
was killed instantly