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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
TO AID LABOR CAUSE.
Congregationalists to Assist in Right
ing Industrial Wrongs.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Oct 3O-Es-
Establishment of social service com
mission to have charge Of the work
OF extending church aid to labor, the
adoption Of an annuity plan for
preachers and the adoption of a
'.peacef resolution, condemning the
expenditure Of large sums Of money
for war, occupied the time Of the
National Council Of Congregational
churches yesterday.
The social service commission will
lie composed Of nine members and will
take over the work Of the Brotherhood
Of the church. The scope viii be eX-
tended The church plans to make an
aggressive campaign to aid in righting
tindustrial wrongs. The secretary Of
the new commission viii be Henry \
/ Atkinson Of Chicago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
Mrs. Ernest G. Mccoy of
Pelham, N. H., Had Been
Dead Two Weeks
Mccoy SHOT HIM
SELF YESTERDAY
He Had Sent Word That He Would
Be Dead When They Arrived
Wound in His Head Probably Not
Serious-Was of Jealous Disposition.

PELHAM, y. H., oct 29.-Only after
Ernest q Mccoy, aged o. shot himself
yesterday afternoon, was it discovered
that lac had killed his wife and that her
body had lain IN their home for two
weeks
Ills wound is not dangerous. although
lie fired at the right temple, and after
wards expressed regrets that he had not
killed himself At , yesterday afternoon
his daughter. Mrs Minnie Bigclow. who
lives -four houses from her father re-
ccvcd letter brought by the rural mail
carrier. II was i'm the handwriting OF her
father and said: when you get this I
shall hc dead
She summoned Howard Chase. a neigh
Dor, and with her sister. Miss Cora Me
Coy, went to the home The door was
locked but when they looked through the
Kitchen window they saw Mccoy with a
revolver IN hand When he perceived
them he fred a bullet from 81 calibrc
weapon and sank TO tic floor
Mccoy arose. staggered TO the floor.
and admitted them Mrs. Bigclow began
to search for towel to stanch her
fathers wound, and not finding one in
the kitchen closet. went to the front
room She was Mortified to find the body
of her stepmother ON couch She told
the others who made no examination a-
they perceived that Mrs Mccoy wa,
dead The town and state officials were
summoned at once
While the autopsy was being mad,
Mccoy was pacing about the kitchen
smoking his pipe. His two daughters 10
fused 10 enter the house They said the,
dreaded any hearing or trial which NIGH
take place Mccoy did not show that h,
suffered much pain from his wounds al
though his right eye is closed by the ~bo
and the doctors say the bah is in hi
head
For the past two weeks Mccoy Ina
been living Mt his daughter and pre-
viousy to the disappearance of his wifi
he il said to have been drinking heavily
In answer to inquiries oi his daughter
and the neighbors rbopt- hts wife he sa
she had gone visiting He made severa
visits TO his house. but neglected som
pressing work. ON the revolver wit
which he shot himself was tag whic
said lac bestowed it ON his grandson,
son Of Mrs Bgclow. and another tag @
his. watch giving it to a son-in-law.
Papers were found in the house wri
ten in an erratic way. which, his daugl
ters think, show that he was mental
unbalanced Mccoy is a native of Pc
ham. He was carpenter and worked d
the trade in Lowell for many years
lie was oil very Jealous disposition
His daughters say he was jealous of ha
ing them about his house lie la. tvs
other daughters. Mrs Lillian Watt
Chelmsford and Mrs Anne Jones
Lowell. They are all daughters OF his fir
wife
On Jan. 4, 1912, he married Mrs. Mi
crya Merrill Of Hudson, aged -. wido
who had considerable property 81
bought the place where the tragedy ,
cured, Il good farm of II acres. She w
twice married before and was originally
Page OF Dacut
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
HAS NEW PEACE PLAN.
President Wilson Hopes to Restore Or
der in Mexico

WASHINGTON, Oct 30-President
Wilson has under consideration a new
plan for restoring peace in Mexico
which he will discuss with his cabi-
net tomorrow and make it public with.
in few days. Officials were reticent
rs to what is contemplated As the
United States has asked not only the
European governments, but those OF
Latin-American and the Orient to with
hold the formulation of their policy
toward Mexico until the Washington
government can make known its plans
for dealing with the situation, the so
luton upon which the President and
Secretary Bryan are working is be-
| licved to be more specific than amy
suggestion heretofore made for tho
4 racificaton Of the southern republic
High officials of the government,
while declining to say what steps
would be taken by the United States.
declared that the purposes of the
government had been explained in the
President s speeches at Swarthmore.
Pa, and Mobile, Ala. The American
government 5 course of action will be
lcmbodied in formal note which it
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
WEST GUILFORD.

Mr. and Mrs hurry Cook Of North
flcath returned III thcr home Tuesday
after spending week With thci, laugh
ter. Mrs Cyrus MeriGcd.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Pease Of IIaiiaz
visited recently with Mrs Plase.s hroth-
er and wife, Mi and Mrs II /. Nichols
The annual meeting If the ladies AL
society was held Tuesday afternoon and
evening with Mrs. William Akley Eleven
were present in tile afternoon. The FIJI
lowing officers were elected Pres. Mrs
Arthur Lyndc: vice pres Mrs Au~tl
Nichols sec Mrs. H. L. Nichols; treas.
Mrs. w NJ Akicy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
Violence i'm the Colorado Coal
Fields Was Continued
Yesterday
MAIL WAS BURNED
WITH THE BUILDING
Postmaster Says Mail Had Been Rifled
Before Fire Broke Out-Strikers
Scattered on Approach of the Sol
diers

LUDLOW, Colo, Oct 80 Violence /
among the striking mmcrS m the south 4
crn Colorado coal fields Yesterday shifted
from Ludlow and its Immediate vicinity
to Aguilar, six miles north Possible fed
cral complications were prccipitatcd at
the Office OF the Southwestern fuel com
pany, where Tuesday night and early yes
terday morning a battle waged between
strikers and a handful of mine guards.
After defeating the guards and capturing.
/ the mine office in which tie postotiice
also is situated, the strikers are charged
with having knocked over a stove, setting
fire to the building. which was destroyed
together with the mail money orders and
money Postmaster Arthur Samples said
I the mail had been rited before the build
ing was fired, as opened envelopes were
found nearby, half-burned.
! After destroying the Southwestern Of
fees the miners went to the Empire mine
and riddled the boilcr-house with bullets.
No one was injured IN either camp. At
the strikers camp at Ludlow there was
no display of rifles and revoIvers. Mon
day and Tuesday hundreds of men were
gathered in the camp stocllade. an heavily
armed
Tie Colorado national guards yesterday
established their camp on the outskirts Of
lttt CITY. NO tDNilit occurred utl cen
, the mine guards and strikers at Ludlow
) yesterday. Mine guards and strikers 1T
: noon were given - hours to surrender
; their arms and ammunition 70 the state
forces and unless they comply it Is midi
, Gated that the troops will remain IN quar-
) tiers indefinitely.
! Arms and ammunition huve disappeared
, from the Ludlow tent colony and hun.
+ dreds of the strikers have scattered to
, neighboring tent colonies on the arrival ei
I the militia at Trinidad and Walsenbuig
/ Adit-Gen John Chase stated that y
, hours would be given the strikers ans
q deputies in which to lay down then
:. arms There were attacks by strikers il
: the Empire mine and the camps at Der
: wind and Tabasco The Aguilar fire fol
! lowed a clash between strikers ane
guards i'm which the guards wcr.
ing to the officials of the company
l At the Empire mine the powdcr-hous
0 was struck by hail Of bullets. but IL
e one was wounded No serious damag
IS was done at Tabasco and Rerwind
y Martial law viii not be enforced u
G Trinidad, but viii he established IN tn
n mining camps surrounding the city
rs Crowds Of strikers waited throughout ia
1t night for the arrival of troop trains. \
e demonstration was made when the me
al detrained, The ntltiamen were held
Ia Trinidad yesterday morning while Adit
Gen John Chase toured the district I
10 determine upon the disposition cf I'll
~ troops. Approximately 80 gUard>we
d reached WaI>enbuts for duty in the Hue
M fano county camrs
President John Mel cunan II thc stat
federation Of Lthor has issued call for
maSS-Inr.tiug t. protest srIiust tho ure
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
Notes of the Trial.

The Knitting club is in regular
attendance at the afternoon sessions
of court.
In the course Of his testimony yes
terlav Dr Stone made the statement
that he had performed something like
1000 autopsies during his IA years as
director Of the state laboratory.
When court is not in session the
jury is kept in a large room in the
County House in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Adm F. Miller. The jury, by the
way. appears to be one of more than
average Intelligence.
From the number of persons seen
about the court house and the two no
| tells it is evident that there is more
than ordinary interest in the case. If
| half OF those present are witnesses the
trial viii not end for several days at
! least
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
TEN PLEAD GUILTY.
Fifteen Persons Appear Before Judge
Martin at Rutland.

RUTLAND, Oct. 30-Fifteen re
spondents, charged with u variety of
offenses, faced Judge James l.. Martin
of Brattleboro in the United States
district court yesterday, and of these
10 pleaded guilty.
Charles Avon of Keene, n. H., vii
liam and Peter Norm and Benjamin
Williams OF Nashua. accused of rob
bling the postotiices at Barnet and East
Ryegate, pleaded not guilty and At
torney c. Y. Poulin was assigned as
their counsel
A. W. Fisher, from the northern part
of the state, charged with shipping
" bob veal,' also pleaded not guilty.
A. Guerro of Mortified admitted
sending through the mail matter which
tended to be innammatory. According
to a United States mail inspector, the
offense was technical and the fine was
set at $50 and costs. This was paid.
Guerro is granite worker. few
months ago he was asked to aid a
widow in Hopedalc, Mass, whose nus
band was killed during the recent
strike trouble there. lie gave the so
Hcitor 30 cents and was handed a
postal card with this inscription in
.
in the head by guard or policeman
employed by His Excclency Draper
during the strike at 1opedaIe, April
y, 1918 The officials refuse to prose
cute.
Soon aftcrward Guerro used this
card to communicate with a friend
and because he sent it through tn,
mail was brought into court.
John NJ Iilliker and Roy and VII
liam Rockland, who live on LAX
Champaign, near the Canadian line
pleaded guilty through an attorney
to shipping fish out of season and wer
fined 500 in each case, the $500 be
ing paid.
II. r. Chase admitted shipping Dol
veal" and he was fined $50 and costs
which he paid.
c. b. Saundura of Burlington plead
ed guilty to an offense against tn
, immigration act. y young woman rela
! tive of the respondent sought admis
i sion to this country, and before sh
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
GENERAL APPROVAL
OF INDUSTRIES DAY
Plan of Greater Vermont Association
Meets with Promises of Co-opera-
tion on All Sides.

The proposed plans for a Vermont
Industries day are meeting with gener
al approval. Manufacturers and off
GERS of boards Of trade are promising
to cooperate with the Greater Yer
mont association i'm establishing a dav
during which manufacturers will invite
members of local commercial and civic
organizations TO visit their plants. in
IN the hope that every citizen may be-
come a well.informed and inteIligentlv
enthusiastic advertiser for his home
Industries.
The following selections from letters
received by the secretary Of the Great
or Vermont Association Indicate that
Nermonters are convinced that ''In-
dustrial Vermont ought to be adver-
tised both to ourselves and to others:
President OF Brattleboro board Of
trade Referring to your notice re
garding IA Vermont Industries day beg
to say that | think this would be an
cyc-opener, and therefore think it an
excellent idea.
George lockwood 4 Co.. Bcnnina-
ton.--'.The idea Of an industrial day
seems a very good one. Anything that
we can do to help i'm its success or al
g vanecment we wbuld DC glad to do
Crystal Confectionery Co, Burlng
tom We Will BE glad to cooperate
with you in your undertaking, and viii
Ice glad to open our doors to all visitor,
any day that it is convenient for YOU
The Rutland News, Rutland.-''Tht
suggestions should meet with instant
approval and should be followed by
prompt adoption. The industrial de
vclopment of the state has been rapi,
beyond all anticipation or expccta
ton.
President Of BELOW. Falls Mcr
chants association. - our circuIa
letter Just received and personally
think it is a great idea. | shall push i
along as fast as | can.
f. & T. Fairbanks 4 Co., st. Johns
bury.-.'We shall be very glad to 60
operate in every way possible. Tn
value of having such day celebrate,
throughout the state on the same dat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30

San Francisco police force vi Oh
men costs Sl,5O5,010 year 10 main
tain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30
BIG GRAVITY DRILLS
WORKING AT NIGHT
Blasts Are Thus Made More Frequent
~, Furnishing Work for the Day
Gang -Refectors Used.

The big gravity drills that are used IN
boring the deepest holes on the Nornon
street railroad Job are kept working until
late III the evening and III that way blasts
are made more frequently and more work
is prepared for the gang in the morning
than could otherwise be tie case This
work Is done by the aid OF big lights
backed by rcfectors Other portions Of
the work that may he done, in part at
least, at night are being pushed along.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30

When using marking ink for linen,
FIRST make your initials on the linen
with an ordinary lead pencil and then
trace with your ink over the pencil
marks. The pencil will prevent the
ink from spreading and giving the
linen blotted appearance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-30

is expected will set forth the prin-
ciple that constitutional government
alone must be established out Of the
chaos in Mexico. and will suggest
means for accomplishing that pur-
pose.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
SCIENTIST FINDS SKULL WHICH
III So IS 5000 EE.ElE III

New York. Nov. 15.-Dr- ]. Leon vii
hams, Of London, an eminent authority
Of anthrOpology and geology. has ar
rived from Liverpool with Is skulls
of prehistoric men, one Of which he
estimated to be 100000 years old This
skull was found by wOrkmen near
FOlkestOne, Eng. in strata which dated
back before the PleistOcene era and
its existence and discovery have con
nrmed Dr. Williams in the belief that
mankind is at least half q million
years old
DR.. Williams said the finding OF
these ancient skulls and other human
bones did not disprOYe. in his opinion.
the DarWinian theory, but altered il in
descendant OF the ape, Dr. Williams
said, these skulls tend to confirm the
belief that the anthrOpoid ape was an
OffshOOt of primitive man
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
PREDICTS RUIN FOR
THE PHILIPPINES
Former Secretary Worcester Tells
What Liberty for FilipinOs Would
Mean. If Granted.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 15.-AiaiI
arriving from Manila brings a copy OF
the farewell speech Of dean C. Wor-
cester, former secretary of the interior
for the Philippines, delivered at
banquet there oct Is, in which he at
tackled the Philippine policy OF the
Washington administration and pre-
dicted ruin for the islands If liberty
were granted the FfIipinOs.
Summing up his belief OF what
Philippine independence would mean,
he said:
Turn the country over now, or 10
years from now, TO the FilipinOs to
govern, and the reputable business
men. mindful of Aguinaldos's demand
for his share of the war booty when
Manila was taken; of the attempted
confiscation of the lands Of the re-
ugiOus orders and Of the Spanish citi-
zens generally; Of the proposal TO tax
foreigners as such; Of the tOrtUring Of
friars, other SpaniardS and FilipinOs
as well in order to extOrt money from
them; of the widespread brigandage.
the rapings, the officially authorized
and directed numbering and the bury
ing alive which prevailed during the
period Of undisturbed Filipino rule,
will fold their tents like the Arabs
and quietly steal away. There will re-
main that peculiar class OF business
men. who, as the Filipinos put it. love
to fish in troubled waters They viii
not lack good fishing"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
WOMAN BRAVEST ONE
ON WRECKED VESSEL
Stands in Water Waist Deep to Keep
Fire Going, While the Crew Is
HuddIed in the Galley.

Milwaukee, Wis. Nov. 15.-Mrs- Clar-
ence Black, of Chicago, showed more
bravery than any of the crew of the
steamer Howard NJ. Hanna, jr-, wrecked
in Lake Huron in the recent storm, &C
cOrding to Arthur Jacobs, boatswain Of
the vessel, who arrived here today
Mrs Black. wife Of the steward Of the
Hanna, was the coolest person on board
when the vessel struck the reef, de
clared Jacobs. She stood in icy water
waist deep to keep a fire going, while
the crew huddled in the galley and mess
room Sunday night until Tuesday morn
ing. She fed the Is sailors and cheered
them while the vessel was being
pounded to pieces by the waves.
when a life saving crew arrived to
take US off" said Jacobs, Mrs. Black
refused to go first but waited her turn
and went over the side like a real
sailor"
The crew made up a purse for Mrs
Black, in appreciation Of her bravery
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
CLAIlTS VALUATION OF
nOAD NOT HIGH EEOTGH

Austin, Texas. Nov 15-The Santa
Fe railway has filed a protest with the
railroad commission at its valuation of
the Pecos & Northern Texas railway.
which is now a part Of the Santa F'e
system The commission valued the
road some time ago and placed Il at
$500, coo. and the company is asking
for an increase of 1892. 900 over the val
uation. The PecOs C Northern Texas
operates from Coleman to Lubbock. a
distance Of 203 miles. The commission
has as yet taken no action on the pro
test. After the question OF valuation
has been settled the company will file
an application for bonds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
NICARAGUANs CONDEMN ARMED
RENnI-IE. "a EOE nAEAI. lnI---l

San Juan Del Sur. Nicaragua. Nov. Is
The Liberal party issued a manifesto
cOndemning armed revolution and rec
Ommending the acceptance Of the pro-
posed treaty ceding a canal route and
an option for naval base to the
United States on the condition that
Nicaraguan sovereignty over the canal
be recognized. The manifesto also
accepts president Wilson's policy with
regard to constitutional liberty in Cen
trail America The document has
caused a profound impression
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
MAY SUE STATE FOR
WORK on PENFTENTIARY

Phoenix, ArlZ-, Nov 15.-Suit Tor
s14401.53 may shortly be filed against
the state Of Arizona by A W Gregg,
the contractor who built the peniten-
tiary, at Florence
Gregg claims that he underwent an
expense Of S14,4O1-53 not included in
the contract. Certain work that he
put in had to be torn out and done
over. tt was claimed that he had not
followed Specifications but he charged
that the architect had changed the
specifications. The board OF control
has refused his claim several times
and the legislature refused TO give him
relief
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
SHIP Is ON FIRE AT SEA;
los PASSENGERS ARE

Cape Race, N F.. Nov 15.-The
Spanish steamer Balmes is on fire in
the north Atlantic and her 100 pas
sengers have been transferred to the
Cunard liner Pannonia, according to a
wireless message received from the
PannOnia today.
Though fire was stfn raging the
Balmes's crew Of 80 were presumably
sticking by their vessel, which, con-
vOyed by the Pannonia, was making
for Bermuda which should be reached
some time Monday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
STEAMER is LOST;
20 BELIEVED DEAD

Montreal. Quebec, Canada, Nov. Is
The steam collier Bridgeport. sailing
from Sydney, Cape Breton, with a crew
of So, and a cargo of 10000 tons OF
coal, has been lost and probably all
aboard have persisted. according to an
official announcement made today by
the Dominion Coal company, which
chartered the vessel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
BRITISH SHIP, ON FIRE
RETURNS To SAVANNAH

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 15.-The British
steamship Ulidia, captain McClenahan,
clearing yesterday for Rotterdam with
a cargo Of cotton and merchandise put
back to port this morning on fire.
When 40 miles from Tybee the fire
W3s discovered in No. hold BY the
first officer. The matches were lifted,
but roaring flames drove the crew
back and the covers were clamped
down again while the freighter turned
about and labOred back to port
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
IDENTIFY ovERTURNED SHIP.

Port Huron, Mich. Nov 15-The
overturned vessel which has been "
ing in Lake Huron a few miles north
east of here since Sundays great
storm, was today definitely Identified
as the Charles S. Price A diver is
said to have learned the name
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
FIANCE OF JESSIE WILSON
nECTCNG NEWE WORK n

New York, Nov. 15.-Francis b
Sayre, who is to marry Miss Jessie VII
son, daughter Of president Wilson, viii
sever his connection today with the Of
flee of district attorney Whitman to
become secretary to the president Of
Williams college, at WIlliamstown-
Mass
Mr.. Sayre was admitted to the bar
10 days ago and as a special compli-
ment, was promoted by Mr. Whitman
to be assistant district attorney.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
YOKE OF OXEN WRECK TRAIN:
IL. -. IL

Concord. n. H. Nov. Passengers
on a Boston & Maine passenger train
who were shaken up by a derailment
on a grade crossing near here, were
astonished to learn that yoke Of oxen
had run into the rear car and knocked
it off the track The animals, at
tached TO a cart. ran away and crashed
into the car. Nearly every pane Of
glass in the car was shattered, but no
one was hurt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
PATNTED BY

PRESIDENTS WIFE Is eUIlD
New York. Nov. 15.-Of five pictures
by Mrs woodrow Wilson. wife OF the
president that on view here at the eX-
hibition Of the Association Of Woman
Painters and Sculpters, one has been
sold So far as is known the sale was
the first on record Of a painting BY
presidents wife The work is entitled
Autumn Fields" Alexander Hu6nut,
of this city. was the purchaser.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15

FReeEaA
"A PasO and VI
cinity-G0Udy to-
night and Sunday
New KsEeo-
Fonight, generally
fair cooler east
porti@ Sunday
West Hzss-i
GeneraHy SoudT
tOnlght a1d So
d% q.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
e;EN- RRnnTE RETIRED.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 15.-By Ii
rectiOn OF the president. the retirement
Of Col. Alexander o. BrOdie, adjutant
general has been confirmed and he
viii proceed to his home.
Second lieutenant A J. Meyer, jr-, is
assigned to the Ninth cavalry, and
Robert o. AMMAN and Edwin s. Black
well. jr to the Fifth. and r. s. B.
Hartz to the 18th cavalry.
Wallpaper saIe-5O percent off New
designs YeltOn Paint CO--Advertise-
ment
How about some red fence2 We have
Just unloaded a car. Lander Lumber
CO-AdvertisemenE
Wallpaper sale-50 percent off New
designs. Yelton Paint CO.-Advertise-
ment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15

Observations taken at g. N, T5ti
meridian time. Nov. IS, 1913