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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
SMASHED IN DOOR
TO WARN TENANTS
Persons in Doolittle Building on Canal
Street Endangered While Asleep
by Sunday Morning Fire.

III. B. Hutehins was awakened BY
smoke in his tenement on the third
floor Of the W. G. Doolittle six-tene-
ment building at 8 Canal street about
2.15 o'clock Sunday morning. A hasty
inspection showed that the trouble was
below him and he hurried down stairs
to the tenement occupied by Mrs. An
gle Parks, her daughter, Julia, five
years of age, and Mrs. G.. +. Warner.
but he could not arouse them.
Across the hall w. NJ. Adams was
asleep in his tenement and Mr. Hut
ehins awakened him. Together they
smashed in the door of the Parks
tenement and only then did the occu-
pants awaken to find the rooms filled
with dense smoke, and the crackle of
flames was heard from the kitchen.
Mr.. Hutchins and Mr.. Adams rush
"a to the kitchen and there found
ames coming through the floor near
the chimney and attacking the wall.
They fought the fire a best they could
with what water could be obtained
from the faucets, but as it was get
ting the better Of them in the walls
they had the alarm sounded from box
36, one of the most dangerous boxes
of the town. A little work with Ak
and chemical stream soon overcame the
danger.
Mrs. Warner, after getting out from
I the apartment. tainted of fright and
excitement and Julia Parks was ter
ribly frightened, but all of them have
recovered.
/ Investigation showed that the fir,
undoubtedly started from a defective
chimney and ignited the floor near
the chimney which led from the ten
ement Of Miss Catherine Hartnett OF
the ground floor. Mrs. Parks had nj
insurance on the contents of hel
apartment and sustained heavy loss
There was some water damage IN the
apartment of Miss Harnett and tn
tenement of Mr.. Hutehins was vel
smoked up, as We're all the tenement.
on the east side of the building. while
the three on the west side did no
escape damage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

ings nearest the point where the fire
began had been consumed the volun-
teer firemen were able to make an eff
fective stand and prevent the still fur
ther spreading of the flames.
Today the company has opened an
office in Wilmington and has begun
the work of STRENGTHENING out the af-
fairs, which are naturally very much
tangled, owing to the destruction OF
books and records The mill viii be
continued in operation and such pro-
visions as it is possible to make tenn
porarily for the care and comfort of
the employees who have been turned
out of house and home have been pro-
vided. It is expected that work on re-
building the burned buildings win be
started soon.
The two previous fires at Mountain
Mills both destroyed the mills and
each caused a loss estimated at $4,000.
The first one was discovered early in
the morning of Aug. %, 1908, and a
dwelling house besides the mill was
destroyed. The second fire was just af-
ter midnight Saturday, June II, 1909.
The property was then owned by the
Deerfeld Lumber company, of which
A. n. Blandin was president. A little
over wear ago the New England
Hardwood company bought the plant
Mr.. James of Greenfield is the presi-
dent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
Boston & Maine Freights in
Rear End Collision at
East Putney
FLAMES FED BY CON-
TENTS OF OIL CAR
Two Wrecking Crews on Scene, but
Burning Coal Delayed Work of Clear
ing Tracks-Early Trains Sent
Through Keene.

Two north bound Boston & Maine
freight trains came together at $50
o clock this morning at East Putney
and before the tracks had been cleared
this afternoon Ii ears and their con
tents had been destroyed by fire. No
one was seriously injured, the engine
crew of the second train jumping just
before they crashed into the caboose of
the first train, which was standing still.
The track was blocked completely until
noon and for hours until about
9 o'clock this morning the telephone
wires had gone down and were out of
commission.
The wreck and fire made an unusual
spectacle for East Putney. One of the
ears wrecked, the contents of which
were burned, was a tank car of oil,
which broke. The oil ran down the road
six inches in depth and carried the
flames along with it, but fortunately
it did not set anything else on fire.
Two carloads of automobiles We're
destroyed, also one car loaded with por-
eelain ware and another with building
paper. The fire continued the longest,
/ however, in carload of soft coal and
at 10 o clock this morning that was
! still burning fiercely and the crews of
/ the two wrec king trains which were on
the scene could not get near enough
/ to the blazing mass to make any prog
ress at that point in clearing the track.
/ The first wreeking train to reach the
scene came from the north, reaching
there at $50 'elock while the one from
/ the south did not arrive until after g
/ o clock. There was plenty of work for
both crews and at noon today they
hoped to have the track clear so that
the afternoon express trains could get
through without transferring passeng
ers.
The owl train from the north and al
I of the morning through trains were de
toured through Keene. which cut Brat
tleboro off the railroad map very effect
ually as the trains came no nearer Il
this town than South Vernon junction
and passengers for Brattleboro had {
tedious wait there in almost every in
stance.
Just before clock ii special train
was made up and backed from here tt
Putney to bring passengers from Bel
lows Falls down, they being transferred
around the wreck from another speeia
which was run south from Bellows
Falls. 1t was II O'Clock before tht
special reached BrattIeboro, and it con
tinued on to Springfield.
At 1.45 o'clock this afternoon th
wreck had been sufficiently cleared ava,
so that the wrecking tram from th
south was sent back. 1t was said thel
at East Putney that the tracks woul,
be cleared for the passage of regula
trains probably by 3 o clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

The funeral of Mrs. jeremiah Crone,
who died Friday afternoon in he home
at s Flat street, was held this morn
ing at s O'Clock in St Michael 3
Roman Catholic church. Rev. Father B..
w. Mcmahon officiated and the burial
took place in the Roman Catholic Gem
etery. The bearers were her sons
George, Fred and Charles Crone, and
her brother, Joseph Bushey Of Sher-
born, Mass. The relatives who came
to attend the service were Mrs. Fred
Rel, Henry Ariel and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Bushey of Colrain, Mrs. Louise
Slater of Shelburne Falls, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Crone of Rutland, Joseph
Bushey of Sherborn, Mass, and Miss
May Bushey of Humboldt, Sask., Can
ada.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
S25, 900 Loss at Mountain
Mills Early Sunday
Morning
FIVE BUILDINGS AND
CONTENTS DESTROYED
Main Mill Saved and Will Be Started
Soon-origin of Flames Not Known
Stamps and other Government
Property Were Burned.

Especial Despatch to the Reformer.)
WILMINGTON, March 10. - Fire
which started at O'Clock yesterday
morning in the basement of the store
building of the New England Hard
wood company at Mountain Mills,
destroyed that building and contents,
the Office building in which was locat-
ed the postofice, a large boarding
house and two dwellings, all property
of the company. The fact that the
wind was blowing away from the main
mills alone prevented the destruction
of that plant for the third time within
five years. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, and is partially covered by
insurance. The origin of the fire has
not been determined.
When smoke and flames issuing from
the store building first attracted at
tention to the fire it has assumed such
headway that there was no hope of
stopping the fire at that point with
the stream from one steam pump as
the only ire fighting means at hand.
/ uC OL1tt OuA4N4ASt PA''S"ANe@~NJ - EN-
of the store building, was soon prey
to the flames and so rapidly did they
spread that Postmaster W. W. Follett
was able to save but very little of
the government property. Even the
postage stamps were lost. Not a single
article of any kind or description was
saved from the store building.
The goods in the store were the
property of the Someset Supply com
pany, to a certain extent interested
with the New England Hardware com
pany in the Mountain Mills industry
While the employees of the concern
practically all of whom live near the
plant, were working desperately to save
what property they could, an engine
and car of the Hoosac Tunnel and vii
mington railroad was run to Whining
ton village, where the alarm had beer
sounded, and returned with a large
number of men and what fire-fghtin&
q appliances could be used, to help II
the work.
1t was possible to save all from tht
boarding house and the two dwelling
houses by quick work by the large
force of men. Later a second steam
pump was started and when the build
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
FOR WREN
HEARD IN HALIFAX
Prisoners Counsel Claimed Documen-
tary Evidence Received from Wash
ington Should Not Be Admitted.

The following account of the hearing
in the Wren case in Halifax, n. s., is
from the Daily Echo, published in that
city Wedneday, March 5:
Judge Wallace today committed for
extradition John Wren, arrested here on
the charge of causing the death in New
Hampshire of John Stewart Hamilton
Mr.. Cluney, X. G. for the accused,
urged that documentary evidence re-
eeived from Washington should not be
received because the dispositions were
sworn to, subsequent TO the date of is
sue of the warrant in New Hampshire
for Wren S arrest, and cited Canadian
authorities in support of the conten-
tion. He urged that dispositions taken
before the New Hampshire district at
torney and his assistant, who laid the
complaint of the murder charged were
not receivable because of these officials
acting in judicial apacitv-ta king
evidence. He contended also it was not
apparent on the face of the documents
that they were justices of the peace. Mr.
Cluney urged that a portion of Detec-
tive Hanrahan 5 evidence should be re,
.ected and that the evidence as to blood
stains be eliminated.
/
government, contended the authorities
cited did not apply to this case. There
were two ways to get extradition, first
| by producing the foreign warrant, and
/ secondly, by laying an information, a
was done here. The proceeding in this
| matter was a different one from thai
| cited. Regarding the contention tha
| the papers taken before the district at
| torney, it must be remembered tha
/ gentleman was not then acting as ;
| judicial officer. All the extradition ae
| requires is that the statements or depO
sitions shall be taken on oath. He cite,
| authority to show the papers i'm thi
case We're strictly regular as outlined
Possession of the registered letter re
| ceipt by the accused, Mr.. o 'Hearn con
tended, was not only sufficient for com
initial. but strengthened the teudenc
toward conviction.
His honor informed Wren he ha
the right to remain in Canada for /
days before removal to the Unite
States, and said he had been ably as
sisted by counsel. Everything possibl
in his interest had been done and hi
further rights would be safe guarded.
Mr.. % Hearn then applied for an OF
der under the treaty and extraditio
act directing that all exhibits introdu,
ed in the ease be delivered to the agen
of the United States government d,
tailed here for conveyance of the fug
tive.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
Bellows Falls Is to Have
Appropriation From
the State
QUESTION WAS
SETTLED SATURDAY

State Armory Board Decides That
Company z is to Have Preference
Over Company Local Delegation
at Hearing.
Although Brattleboro was the first
town in the state to vote an appropria-
tion for d site in order TO secure a
state armorv, the first armory will 20
to Bellows Falls. for the use Of Com
pany +. This was decided at a meeting
Of the state armory commission IN
Bellows Falls Saturday.
Two years ago this month. in the
annual town meeting. this town appro-
priated a sum not 10 exceed $4,000
for the purchase Of a site for an ar
mory, III view Of q law whereby the
state would erect a suitable build
ing. The amount which would be
available. however. was not regard.
as ample for q building suitable for
both Company | and the First Regi-
ment band, and Brattleboro officers
took hold Of the proposition with the
result that the law was amended in
I te recent session Of the legislature.
making the sum available every two
wears $4,000
Z @aA AAAE NAAMdA AuAN meeting IL BEL
+ lows Falls last week $4,000 was voted
for site, following the pace set by
+ Brattleboro, with which the Mary G.
Bancroft property on Westminster
street win be bought, although not all
/ of the property viii be needed for
armory purposes, which viii allow
enough land 70 be sold TO bring in
substantial return.
The state commission. consisting OF
Gov. Allen NJ. Fletcher of Cayendish.
Adit. Gen. Lee s. Tillotson Of st. Al
bans and Col. II. Edward Dyer Of Rut-
land, met in Bellows Falls SATURDAY.
70 inspect the Bancroft property and
to discuss the situation with Bellows
Falls people and a committee from
Brattleboro, consisting Of former Col
j. Gray Estey. Capt Linn d. TAYLOR
and Lieut.. Dana H. Gilman A commit.
tee Of Bellows Falls citizens, consist
ing of Senator f. ii. Babbitt, Edward
L. Walker and DR.. A. Lawrence Miner,
agreed TO give the state title to the
Bancroft property.
In behalf of Bellows Falls it wa
argued that with the new armory il
+. G. Crosby's building at the corner
of High and Green streets the two
Brattleboro organizations were better
provided for than was Company E..
also that site was available for a
building for Company r, while none
had been secured for a building here.
After some discussion the Brattle-
boro committee withdrew their appeal
for q building and at O'Clock the
commission announced its decision in
favor Of Bellows Falls. The appropria-
: tion viii not be available until July.
but architects plans viii be called for
at once.
1t i understood in military circles
, that the next armory viii come to
, Brattleboro and that It will come next
, year. The law provides for an armory
once in two years until each company
, IS provided for, and inasmuch as the
, law is already two years old and no
armorv has yet been built and mas
much as next year viii begin another
biennial period no reason is apparent
why Brattleboro should not be given
an armory next year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
SHOOTING ARRAY AT WILDER.
Stem Kesuba Arrested After Driving
Wounded Man to Hospital.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt,
March 10.-Steni Kesuba was lodged
in the police station here last night,
charged with shooting John Cieslak at
Wilder about 0 clock. Both are en-
ployed in the Wilder paper mill and
live in a crowded tenement called the
- Beehive,' where the shooting took
place.
Cieslak was shot with a % calibre
revolver. The bullet entered his right
cheek, passed downward through the
throat and lodged at the left of the
neck. 1t is not considered dangerous.
The victim was driven to the hos
pital at Hanover, n. H., about four
miles distant, by Kesuba and another
man. State s Attorney Raymond Train
or of White River Junction was mott
fled meanwhile and with Deputy Sher-
iff R. 4 Spofford. Chief -of-Police j. H.
Ober and Constable e. FL. Oakes went
to Wilder, where they all awaited the
return of Kesuba. He was placed IN
der arrest on his arrival.
He claims Cieslak shot himself He
viii be given a hearing in the police
court tomorrow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
WOMEN POLICE ON
CHICAGO'S FORCE
Mayor Harrison Believes GentIer Sex
Can Handle Certain Matters
Better Than Men.

CHICAGO, March 1O.-Mayor Harri-
son has plan for women police of
tieers. He says it Is his expectation to
have several women inspectors employ
ed when the reorganization plan is eff
fected.
My idea is he said, "that we
should have a squad of 20 or 80 police
women. I believe they could handle
many matters better than men, par
ticularly the investigating of com
plants concerning young women held
in resorts.''
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
Conference of Officials is
Being Held in Boston
Today
PLANS AFFECT
10000 WORKERS
Plans for a Joint Arbitration Agree
ment-General Secretary Information
al Garment Workers Union Interest
ed.

BOSTON, March 1O.-Steps toward
the settlement of the strike affecting
10000 garment workers is expected to
be taken today.
Arrangements have been made for
conference of the officials of the
Ladies Garment Workers union and a
committee of the Waist and Dress Man
ufacturing association, employing O.
500 hands
John c. Dyche of New York, general
secretary of the International Garment
Workers union, viii attend the confer
ence, which will discuss the formula
tion of a joint arbitration agreement
More pickets were thrown out today
than at any time since the strike was
inaugurated. 4 greater number of po-
licemen were on duty in the ueighbor-
hoods OF of the factories, including sew
erlI mounted officers.
Three women and one man were ar
rested during a disturbance on Beach
street They were charged with as
sault. 4 uon-union man who had been
wor king in one Of the factories was
pursued by q crowd of strikers. 1t is
alleged that he turned and struck one
/ of his pursuers with club.
| The police reserves are beng held in
/ readiness at the station houses in an.
/ ticipation of possible outbreaks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
TONIGHT

Armory-Meeting to organize branch
of National Revolver association, s
o clock.
Armory - Rehearsal of First Reci-
ment band.
Auditorium Winifred St. Claire com
pany in The Turning Point.
Princess theater - Vaudeville and
moving pictures.
Odd Fellows hall Meeting Of
Wantastiquet lodge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
THE POPE IS BETTER.
No Rise in Temperature and Almost
No Fever Today.

ROME, Italy, March 10-The phys
icians attending the Pope declare his
condition is such as to give no further
cause for anxiety. He rested well dur
ing the night. There was no rise in
his temperature, in fact, almost no
fever existed, and the cough from
which he has suffered is considerably
diminished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
WILSON'S ADMINISTRATION DRY.
President and His Entire Family
Averse to Use of Liquor.

WASHINGTON, March 10. - The
Wilson administration viii be dry -
The President is averse to the use of
wine or liquor in any form, and in
this position he has the support of his
entire family. Secretary of State
Bryan has been known many years as
prohibition advocate, and Speaker
Clark of the House of Representatives
is a teetotaler.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
LOUIS SAINT GAUDENs DEAD.
Brother of Famous Scluptor-Was
Also an Architect of Note.

CORNISH, n. H., March 10.-Louis
Saint Gaudens, 50, sculptor known
from his own original work and as an
assistant of his brother, Augustus
Saint Gaudens, died here yesterday of
pneumonia. He was born in New York.
One of his last best known works was
the design of the arch at the new rail
road station in Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
BOSTON JOURNAL SOLD.

BOSTON, March 10.-Frank A. Mum
sey has sold the Boston Journal, ac-
cording to an announcement made to-
day, but the name of the purchaser
is not made public.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
STRIKE IN NEW YORK.
10000 Members of the Childrens S and
Misses Dressmakers' Union Quit.

NEW YORK, March 10.-Ten thous
and girls, members of the Children s
and Misses Dressmakers union struck
today, demanding 50-hour week, bet
ter pay, and the adjustment of tene-
ment house work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Boarding House Keeper Responsible
for Personal Property of His Guests.

BOSTON. March 1O-A boarding
house keeper is liable when the personal
property of a guest committed to his
care is stolen by his emplaye. The full
bench of the Massachusetts supreme
court so ruled today in the case of
proprietor of a summer hotel, whose de
Tense was that he was not liable, be
cause he had no innholders' license.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
THE WEATHER
Increasing Cloudiness, with Rain or
Snow Tonight or Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, March 10. The
weather forecast is as follows: Increas-
ing cloudiness with rain or snow late
tonight or Tuesday; moderate, variable
winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

FOR SALE-Two extra large store
tubs, in good condition.; 6 lowdown ex-
press wagons suitable to carry milk,
also low-down grocery wagon, all in
good order; / top buggy; / light
coupe; l low-down one-horse truck, and
1 sap-pan for boiling sap with steam.
Charles Miner, Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

There are $50 deer parks in England.
A girl Is idea of tightwad is a young
man who carries his small change in a
purse.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
TO Rent

TO RENT-Furnished, heated rooms,
2 Reed Street. 6-17
TWO TENEMENTS to rent, one at
IS and one at. 81. Holden & Martin.
TO RENT-Furnishe room, gas,
private bath, heat; s Western Ave.
Tel. 171-X. 7tf
TO RENTAL attractive room,
hardwood finish, bath, electric lights
and telephone service; 9 Chapin ST.,
cor. Oak. 2-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

WANTED-Atlas of Windham Coun-
ty, Vt. State publisher, date of pub
hcation, condition and price. Lock
Box 10, Holliston, Mass. 1-7*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

WANTED - Watch repairing; main
spring, Use; cleaning, 81. Howe, III
Main st. 6-l2~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

Edward Y. Sheldon, 50, died last
evening in the home of his mother,
Mrs. Emily G. Sheldon, in West Dunn
merston. He had always been an in
valid. He was born in Sheldon July
IS, 1877, the only child of Henry l..
and Emily (Corbin) Sheldon. His
father died several years ago. The
family moved from Sheldon to West
Dummerston about 10 years ago. The
funeral viii be held Wednesday at 10
O'Clock in the Baptist church in West
Dummerston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
SUIT FOR S155, 900 IN
REAL ESTATE DEAL
George M. ostrander of Albany Wants
Commissions from A. N. Blandin
and Deerfeld Lumber Company.

George NJ. Ostrander Of Albany, n
Y, a well-known real estate man, has
brought suit against A. n. Blandin
and the Deerfield Lumber company,
claiming that this amount is due him
for commissions on the sale Of stump
age in Stratton, Winhall, Sunderland
and Manchester to the Rich Lumber
company last fall
Hermon +. Eddy, representing the
defendants, was in Troy, y. u, Fri
day to ask that the case be transfer
red from the supreme court of Sara
toga county to the fedreal court on
the ground Of diverse citizenship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

WANTED-Boy or young man to
learn press-feeding. Apply to cylin-
der pressroom. Vermont Printing Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

-Boarders. Miss Gather
inc C. Harnett, Q Canal st. 5-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

In West Dummerston, March 9, Ed
ward Y. Sheldon, 35.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10
w Wanted

WANTED-Poultry. w. F. Richard
son Co. 6-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

WANTED-By competent, middle
aged woman, position as working house
keeper. Address s. CO care The Re
former. 5-9*