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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
COCOS ISLAND STILL
KEEPS ITS TREASURE
English Expedition Comes Back
Empty Handed.

Panama.-The treasure hunting ex-
petition led by Miss Genevieve Davis,
an Englishwoman. which had been
looking for buried gold on Cocos Is
land for many months, got back here
A good time was had by all. No treas
ure was recovered.
Benito Bonito was a regular pirate,
who in the early part of the nineteenth
century settled down to ''singeing the
beard of the king of Spain" along the
coast Of Mexico. When he got any
money together he buried it on CocOs
island, after the manner OF pirates.
and made a map with skull and cross
bones marking the spot where the
treasure was hid. His heirs have made
a substantial living selling these maps
to those whom romance and the works
of r. L. Stevenson have touched
Miss Davis expedition started out
from Plymouth with one of the maps
and a vessel armed with a six FOUNDER
to fight the natives Of COcOs island,
which lies $50 miles southwest Of
Panama, on Sept. 10 last. The only
woman besides Miss Davis aboard the
ship was her friend, Mrs Barry Till
At the same time Miss Davis organ
lied her expedition one OF the repre-
sentatives of the Benito Bonito Buried
! Treasure company was on the road
in the south of France and sold a
map to Nine. Matilda Durand of Mar
settles, who forthwith announced that
she was going to get up an expedition
of her own. Her map, she said, was
better than Miss Davis because in ad
; dition to the skull and crossbones il
told just how many PAGES you tool
from the palm tree on Dead Mans
hill to get to the cave where the treas
. ure was buried.
= And then when Miss Davis expedi
ton was on the high seas who should
start out after the treasure but Thomas
McEwen Of Victoria, b. c.! His MAJ
had a little picture of Benito's vesse
with all sails set Swimming around tn,
Cocos island harbor.
No mention has come over the cable
: as yet of the fate of the Durand anC
McEwen expeditions. Three new no
g tells have been opened on the Coeos is
+ land main street. however.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
HIGH SCHOOL
DRAMATIC CLUB
Will Present the Farce, Tommy S Wife,
in Grange Hall Friday Evening
Cast of Characters.

The Brattleboro High School Ora
matte club will present, under the
directions OF Miss Mary f. Cox, in Grange
hall Friday evening at O'Clock, the farce
in three acts entitled "Tommy's Wife .
with the following cast of characters:
Thomas Pittman Carothers, promising
young portrait painter, as yet unknown
to fame. Paul Chase; Rose Carothers. his
sister, Evelyn Durham; Dick Grannis.
Carother's chum, in love with Rose,
Philip Putnam; Patty Campbell, stu
dent at the Broadway Dramatic school,
Rosabel Miller; Mrs. De Yorburgh-Smith,
a wealthy society woman, Gertrude Plum
mer; Sylvia, her daughter young and i'm
pressionable, Gretchen Goldsmith: Pierre
lie Bouton. q French fencing-mastcr, Ray
Sanders; Edith Bronson, friend of Rose
interested in charities, Mildred Miller
Synopsis-Act !, in Carother's studio
afternoon; act >. same scene afternoon
two weeks later; act ,, library at Edith's
home, evening of same day Place, New
York city: time, February, 1909
The high school orchestra will furnish
music. Candy and souvenir postcards vii
he sold between the acts
The entertainment will be for the bene
fit of The Dial and the athletic association
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
WESTMINSTER.

The Kurn Hattin home is under quaran-
tine for measles At present there are two
cases.
Emery Hawley has engaged to work for
the Connecticut Valley Orchard company,
and will soon move his family into the
Riley house, now owned by the company.
c. II. Comstock, Cassius Wright and
Oliver Clark attended the automobile
show in Boston Saturday.
Mrs. Susan Clark Is visiting her daugh-
ter in Lowell Mass.
Reuben Putnam, youngest son OF
Madam Putnam, was taken to the Bellows
Falls hospital Saturday, i'll with pneu
monia.
Rev. f. d. Haywood of Brattleboro oc
eupied the pulpit Sunday. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Haywood
Mr.. and Mrs B. T. Phelps, who spent
two months in Boston, have returned anC
opened their home on upper Main street
Farmers took. advantage of the recent
fall of snow to draw in their logs and fir,
wood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
ALL ARE TO BE CRACKS.
According to Reports From Southern
Training Camps-Some Other
Sporting Notes.

Tom Hanley, a promising recruit
pitcher of the Giants squad, died early
Sunday morning at Marlin, Texas, from
an acute attack of appendicitis.
Manager Jake Stahl of the Red Sox
expects to start practice games tomor-
row down at Hot Springs.
Manager StaIlings Of the Boston
Braves has six catchers on his list and,
according to his published opinion. Mt
least four of them are wonders.
Revere is to have a new eight-Iap
board bicycle track that will be capable
of allowing milea-minute speed on it.
There are said to be 28,81O trotters
with marks of $50.
Tho first cut in the Amherst baseball
squad has reduced the number of candi-
dates from 40 to p. OF the present
survivors six are pitchers.
Hannes KoIehmainen, the Finnish
amateur distance runner, who has been
hanging up new records recently, has
| broken down and is so lame that he
can hardly walk. He win resume his
occupation of a bricllayer until his legs
get into condition again.
Managers Clarke and Stanl are both
| disguised over the idea of playing a Ions
series of games between the Red Soy
and Pirates. Both managers anticipate
| that the players are liable to take toe
many chances in the effort to win
| Neither manager was consulted wheI
| the series was arranged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Several farmers report good run of
sap yesterday.
Mrs. G. II. Smith has installed new
show case and standards in her millinery
store.
Mrs. Minna Wesselhoeft. the oldest
daughter Of the late DR. Robert Vessel
hoett Of Brattleboro, died in her home in
Walker street, Cambridge. Monday. She
was born in Weimar, Germany, as years
ago and came to this country at the age of
five years. She Is survived by brother,
DR.. Walter Wesselhoeft Of Cambridge.
and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Searle. wife
of the professor of astronomy at Harvard
and Miss Selma Wesselhoeft of Cambridge
The express company had a wreck of its
own yesterday, right here at the railroad
station. 1t was not the fault of the com
pany or any of its officials or employees
One Of the trucks of the company. laden
for the most part with boxes of butter
was being wheeled along the platform
when a plank the platform, long abused
by overwork and exposure to the weather
gave up the ghost and the truck gave ur
its load of butter A wrecking crew com
posed of some OF the employees of the ex
press company and bystanders dragged
out the truck and repaired the boxes q
butter, which in some cases were badh
sprung.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
"A Screw Loose"

ty employees, had some screws loose"
in the literal sense of the word. Last
summer Stepp fractured both bones in
his right ankle. The nature of the
break made it impossible to set the
bones in the ordinary way Two steel
plates were inserted and screwed to-
gether. Stepp resumed his work
few days ago be found that something
was wrong. 1t was discovered that
the screws had become Ioosened.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
The Parcel Post.

II babies are to be shipped around by
parcel post, as that one was In Ohio.
the postmen ought to be supplied with
gocarts-
A suffrsgette accuses a mail carrier
OF eating part OF a cake sent by parcel
post Perhaps the man was merely try
ing to Tighten his load.-Toledo Blade
The parcel post has fits disappoint-
ments. A runaway boy in oklahoms
wrote home for money. but mother
sent him sandwiches by mail instead
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
SUBMARINE TO CROSS OCEAN
British Craft Will Carry Eight Torpe
do Tubes.

London.-Naval developments OF a
remarkable nature are taking place
under a cloak OF great secrecy. IN
the course of the next twelve months, !"
says the Daily Express, some aston
ishing details will become known re
garding changes in warship types, but
none will be more noteworthy than
the development of the submarine.
IAN entirely new type Of under wa
ter craft of considerable offensive pow
er and capable of crossing the Atlantic
at a high rate af speed is being built
for the British navy. These craft will
carry guns, but in addition they will
be able to fire eight torpedoes.
"In the meantime there are plans
before the admiralty for a fiotilla OF
above water craft of a speed Of forty
knots and carrying several heavy
quick firing guns, specially mounted
for use against air craft
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
Twin State Gas & Electric Co.
1,176 MEN BITE ON LOVE BAIT
Dead Letter Office Full of Answers to
Mysterious Illinois Girl

Washington.-There are 1,176 letters
in the dead letter division OF the post.
Office department for Miss 2. Y. Rad.
cliffe, Elgin. H."
The mysterious Miss Radcliffe"
wrote to the mayor of San Francisco
some time ago and asked help to get
a husband who would appreciate a
good girl and $4,000. Her letter was
published I'm San Francisco papers.
Answers rained into Elgin, but no
body called. Uncle Sam is looking
after the lot that accumulated Most
of the epistles contain photographs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
MARTHA.

LITTLE girl,
~ Barefooted, ragged. with neglect
ed hair
u Eyes fun OF laughter, neck and
shoulders bare,
A thin slip OF a girl. ike a new moon.
Sure to be rounded into beauty soon:
A creature men would worship and adore.
Though now in mean habiliments she bore
pail OF water. dripping through the
street
And bathing as she went her naked feet.
1t was a pretty picture, full Of grace.
The slender form. the delicate, thin face;
The swaying motion as she hurried by.
The shining feet. the laughter In her eye
That Ger her face In ripples cleaned and
glanced
As In her pain the shifting sunbeam
danced.
-Longssllow
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11

Mrs. Arthur Bolton and Mrs. Leslie
Tyler are i'll.
DIR. and Mrs. Richard Smith were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Smltn
over Sunday.
The public schools will close this
week Friday and will have two
weeks vacation.
Miss Lucy j. Brooks and Miss NJ. E.
Silverthorne, of the seminary faculty,
spent the weekend at Wellesley col
lege.
Mrs Theodore Lyman and Miss
Florine Lyman of Springfield spent
Sunday at d. f. Lyman s. Miss Mir
lam Caldwell returned with them and
spent Monday with her sister, Helen,
at the Hampden hospital.
Miss Sophie Brooks, private secre-
tarv to w. r. Moody, Miss Miller of
the Mount Hermon faculty and her
friend, and Miss Lucy Hancock of
Boston left today for the Bermuda IS
lands to visit a month.
Another military whist party will be
| held Friday evening in Masonic hall
under the management of the Eastern
Star CHAPTER Refreshments will be
served. All are invited The proceeds
will 60 to the 0. f. S. state home
fund
". X. Moody spoke at the vesper
service at Sage chapel last evening on
- How to Know the Love of Christ,
the Power Of His Resurrection and
| Fellowship of His Sufferings." DR.. J.
II. Jowett pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Fifth avenue, New York,
will preach in Sage Chapel Sunday
evening.
The Sons Of Veterans will hold THEM
annual inspection this evening in their
hall. Mr.. Merrill of Camp 90 of Athol
Will act as inspecting officer. The
auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans vii
hold their regular meeting Thursday
evening of this week, when they vii
initiate new members. The Camp anC
Auxiliary have bought a handsome SET
of dishes for use in their new hail
Mrs. E. F. Howard had charge Of
the Fortnightly meeting yesterday af
ternoon and presented a very interest
ing program. Miss Elizabeth Fenley, ;
student of Northfeld seminary, WhOst
/ home is in Assuite, Egypt, gave al
, account of the people of Egypt an,
their homes. Mrs. f. w. Brown read ;
- paper on the government of Egypt an,
f.. f. Howard spoke on the future o
, Egypt. Miss Dorothy Whittle RENDERED
vocal solos, and tea and cake wer
served during the social hour.
The adult Sunday school of tn
) Congregational church held a suga
social last evening. The people wer
gathered into groups of eight throug
the distribution of pieces of familia
4 songs, cut in eight pieces, which wer
e matched together. Each group wa
then called upon to sing its song an
later was served to hot syrup, rolls
doughnuts and lemonade. Miss Dorl
Olds Of the seminary and Miss Hele
e Simonds of the Emerson school of Orr
+ tory recited. The vestry was profusel
l. decorated with evergreen and tn
light was covered with green pape
giving a forest-like effect.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
PARODY ON TOMB OF JONES.
Former Naval Officer Writes Poetry.
Doubt About Honored Bones.

Washington.-Park Benjamin, a pat
ent attorney of New York city and a
former naval officer. has contributed
to the navy department a parody of
the verse on Shakespeare's tomb,
which he suggests might be placed on
the crypt at Annapolis, Md, in which
the bones of John Paul Jones were re
Gently placed, following their discoy.
cry in Paris by General Horace Por
ter The proposed epitaph Is as fol
lows:
Good friend, for Porter's sake, forbear
To doubt the dust inclosed here.
Blest be the man that got these bones
And curst be he that says "'Tain't
Jones'"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
BARS DONKEY FROM PARADE
inaugural Committee Also Excludes
Hounds From Pageant.

Washington.-The Wilson inaugural
committee adopted a resolution exclud-
ing donkeys from the inaugural pa
rade. This action was taken after in
formation had come to the committee
that a Democratic club of Columbus,
o., was planning to have a donkey in
the parade.
1t was also decided to exclude a pack
of Virginia foxhounds which some Vir-
ginia huntsmen and cross country rid
ers had resolved to bring in the pag-
cant.
The inaugural committee takes the
view that an inaugural ceremony
should be conducted in a dignified way
and that donkeys and dogs have no
place In it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
Train and Track.

Over $1,000 locomotives are daily oP
Grated I'm the United States.
Chicago street railways yearly COZ
lect over S1o,OO0.0O0 In fares.
American railways now carry a bill.
lion tons Of freight annually.
The London and Greenwich railway,
the first in London. was opened IN 1895.
Swedish railroads have decided to
adopt fashlight IN the signaling sys-
TEN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
TO BUILD NEW MARBLE CITY
Jack London Has Project For Aesthet-
ic Community In Arizona.

A great marble city, intended as the
seat Of a postgraduate school Of sculp-
ture and the home Of the aesthetic and
beautiful, IS projected by Jack London
and several residents of Los Angeles.
1t is to be built on a plateau not far
east of Dragon, Ariz.
Plans for the city have been drawn
by Henry Busse, a Los Angeles archi-
tect The Arizona site was selected
because of its rich deposits of marble
Within few miles of the place are
billions Of cubic feet of exposed marble
of many shades and varieties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11


leg and Burned a Furrow to His
Ankle.
Pooling with red-hot rivets yester-
day cost Herbert Smith, an innocent
by-stander. lot of pain and SCARED
him for life. The accident, one of
the most peculiar on record, occurred
at the new Boston Il Maine railroad
bridge. Smith is now in the Memoir
ial hospital under the care of DIR. Har-
ny p. Greene He is badly burned on
the right thigh, leg, ankle ana right
hand, while his left hand is burned
less seriously.
The riveters of the American Bridge
company are engaged in riveting the
various parts Of the new bridge to-
gether. They use red-hot rivets, which
are heated in portable furnaces to the
desired temperature and then driven
into place and headed before they cool.
The rivets are tossed by the man who
heats them to another workman who
catches them in a pail. from which
they are removed by tongs and placed
in position to be headed by automatic
pneumatic riveting machines.
A labOrer, who has been IN charge
OF one OF the hOISliHS tHSiHCS neal
the New Hampshire end of the bridge
has had what he considered fun by
throwing bits of coal at the bridge
men and they have responded by
throwing at him whatever came
handy Yesterday one of them tossed
a heated rivet.
Smith who is driver and handy MAJ
for WHY'S Russell, engineer in charge
for the Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins cor
poration. contractors for the construc
ton of the Hinsdale-BrattlebOr
branch of the Boston & Maine road
happened to be in the line of fire ant
had on long hip rubber boots.
The sizzling bolt struck him ON tn
right hip and slipped down inside hi
boot He tried desperately to pull i
out with his right hand burning tina
member severely. The bolt continue
to slide down his leg, burning through
his clothing and deep into the flesh
Finally it burned its way out of tn
boot at the ankle.
The young man was hurried to tn
office of the company and DR.. Green
had him taken to the hospital, wher
his burns were dressed as soon as pos
sible He Will be confined at the il
stitution some time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
FORGER G0UGES EYES OUT
Manufacturer Blinds Self With Knife
as Self Punishment

Arrested for a series of small for
geries, A. ]. Helm, founder of man
ufacturing company of Milwaukee,
Wis, gouged out both of his eyes with
a small knife in Los Angeles recently.
ST do not believe in suicide" said
he, "but l shall never see daylight
again or forge another check, and l am
more at peace than I have been for
some time"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
WHO WAS IT7

Somebody did a golden deed.
Somebody proved a friend I'm need.
Somebody sang a beautiful song
Somebody smiled tho whole day long
Somebody thought. g lis sweet TO live
Somebody said. I'm glad to give"
Somebody fought a valiant fight
Somebody loved to shield the right
Was that somebody" you?
Selected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
Mothers Pension Bill Passes.

The mothers pension bill, providing
for minimum pension of $40 month
to mothers having one child dependent
on them for support and 81 a month
for each additional child, was passed
by the Utah senate recently.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
Cupid Too Strona

Westerly, n I.-Annie SissOn. who
went to Fresno. Cal. to marry a capi-
talist and found him a dishwasher and
was sent home by n charitable society.
vanished again. and friends have re-
ceived word that she has married the
capitalist dishwasher after all.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11

Photo by American Press Association.
JOE EvERs, GIANTS PROMISING RECRUIT.
the Crimpy Crab, also manager OF the
Chicago Cubs, Touching Second" and
other things too numerous TO mention.
Like Brother John, young Joe is a
second baseman. His home is in Troy.
and he worked out briefly with minor
league team a year ago. but did not
seriously decide that baseball had
called him until McGraw told him so,
If Joe sticks there may be some inter
esting doings when Giants and Cubs
meet and McGraw begins a how Of
language telling what he thinks of the
real Evers, bis family history, ances-
tors and their general standing in the
human family. But that's matter for
future discussion.
/. Evers has been showing up we'll al
second sack during the practice games
at the training camp, but it is hardly
likely that he will replace Larry Doyle
at bag No. 2.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11

Municipal Judge SABBATH of Chicago
is advocating the establishment of a
sunrise court in that city. He be-
lieves that his plan saves money for
both the citizen and the common
wealth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11

Thirty-eight varieties of wild flowers
have been seen IL bloom in West Sus-
sex, Eng, since Feb. Il, this illustrat-
ing the extreme mildness of the winter
there
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
Salary Limit May Cause Trouble
In international League.
PLAYERS ARE DISSATISFIED
All Clubs In Circuit Were Forced to
Reduce Salaries OF Pill Tossers.
Men Refuse to Sign-Evers' Con-
tract-Other Gossip.
By TOMMY CLARK.

The enforcement of the salary limit
in the international league is causing
a lot of trouble and may result in a
general revolt among the players. To
date only very small percentage of
the players have accepted terms ten
dered them by their clubs. and the
chances are that a majority of them
will absolutely refuse to report under
existing conditions The salary limit
Of the league is $4,000 per month.
This limit was arbitrarily fixed on the
league by the National Association of
Minor Leagues.
This limit naturally forced the clubs
to decrease the salaries of nearly all
their players. and Of course in many
instances this was a hardship on the
players who have refused to sign their
contracts. The clubs, of course, are
powerless. If they violate the salary
rule they are subject to n heavy fine,
and if they live up to it they are sure
to start the season with many of their
+ best players out of the fold
. II Johnny ENeTS Is ldDOEluE uuueF
the belief that he has a three year
/ contract to manage the Chicago Cubs
he may find himself badly mistaken
1t is said on the best of authority that
while President Murphy rendered
Evers a three year contract the ten
day clause was not eliminated and that
it is possible for Murphy to drop Evers
at any time after giving him ten days
notice
1t was only after Murphy had con
WINGED Bresnahan that such was the
condition of Evers contract that the
duke" accepted the Cub terms. for. &c
cording to reports, Bresnahan would
not have gone to Chicago unless he
stood n chance OF becoming Evers' sue
cessor. 1t is. OF course. surprising that
Evers. who is considered wise base
ball man. could be led TO believe that
, he had three year contract when the
, ten day clause was not stricken out.
, Figuring that it may possibly run in
the family, Manager John McGraw OF
q the Giants is giving a trial 10 Joe
2 Evers, young brother of John. other
= wise known as the Keystone King Of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11

Even the continual changing OF
one s mind is apt to wear it out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11

Danny Murphy. who for years was
one of the mainstays of the Philadel-
phia Athletics, but was out Of the
game last year because Of an injured
knee, is said to have entirely recovered
and will play in his old position In
right field next season.
Conceding that Murphy was a great
help to his team with the stick, he will
not find If an easy matter to supplant
his namesake, Eddie Murphy. The lat
ter gave every indication last fall of
being a high class ball player. He Is
a youngster and adds speed to the
team Danny, however. will prove a
valuable man to have around as a
pinch hitter. for there is hardly a more
dangerous man with the stick than he
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
NORTHFIELD, MASS.

New Pastor for Unitarian Church.
The parish of the Unitarian church
has extended a call to Rev. IL. l..
Buzzell of Barre, Mass, and he has
accepted. Mr.. Buzzell has preached
very acceptably here two Sundays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11

Many a woman regards husband
simTiy as a necessary audience.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-11
RED HOT, RIVET
IN HIS..BO0T
Innocent Bystander Scared
for Life at New Rail
road Bridge
WORKMEN POOLING
IN DANGEROUS WAY

Sizzling Bolt Thrown in Fun Lodged in
Herbert Smith s Long Rubber Boot
leg and Burned a Furrow to His
Ankle