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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
Accounts of House oflCOrrec-
ton in Cambridge in
Bad Condition
DEAD BOOKKEEPER
PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE
Smith Had Been With the Institution
Is Years Prior to His Death, Which
Occurred Last March-Checks Cash
ed But Not Credited.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 6.-The
discovery of a shortage of $50, Isl in
the accounts of the Middlesex county
house of correction, the result of al
legged Irregularities in the books of
Fred H. Smith, bookkeeper of the in
stitution up to the time of his death
last March, was announced by the Mid
dlesex county commissioners yester
day. The report of auditors who have
been examining the books covers only
the time since 1896, although Smith
was bookkeeper for IS years prior to
that time.
In the opinion of the commissioners,
the county will be able to recover
much of the alleged shortage from a
bonding company. The prosecution of
the matter has been placed in the
hands of District Attorney John J.
Higgins, who was officially notified of
it yesterday.
Smith died suddenly March 81, the
day that the controller of county ac-
counts, state official, started audit
ing his books in preparation for the
retirement of Smith, who had been in
the county employ for more than &c
years At the time there was no sus-
picion of a shortage. The cause OF
death was given as arterio sclerosis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
ALUMNI PROGRAM
BEING ARRANGED
Reunion Evening Of June 1s-Boston
Reader Engaged-Class OF 'ss VIII
Observe Anniversary.

The invitations for the seventh an
nual reunion of the alumni Of Brat
tleborO high school viii be ready for
distribution 10 the various class see
retaries at the high school this evening
at 7.3O O'Clock. The reunion win BE
held Wednesday evening, June Is. with
the class of iss in charge Of the pro-
gram. II is promised that there will
be many unusual features this wear.
including an alumni parade. Edwin
NJ. Whitney Of Boston, a well known
reader, Will assist in the program.
The general committee Of the associa-
tion, at recent meeting, appointed a
nominating committee to present
names for the annual election. This
committee is composed Of Clarke c.
Fits, Mary i. Horton and Fred G.
Adams
The class Of IS will begin the eel
ebration of their 25th graduation an
niversary on the afternoon of the an
nual alumni reunion with a lawn uartv
on the high school grounds. for mem
bers of the class. This viii be fol
lowed BY q banquet at the Brooks
House at clock to which members.
their husbands and wives are eligible
and the class wiz conclude the ceieba.
tion at the alumni reunion in the even
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
DYNAMITE CASE
WITH THE JURY
Judge Crosby Delivered His Charge
This Forenoon, Making Some
Pointed References.

BOSTON. June 6-Judge John G.
Crosby began his charge to the Jury
in the dynamite conspiracy ease at II
this morning after a delay. Of an hour
and a half, during which one of the
jurors is said TO have been eloseted
with the Judge, district attorney and
counsel for the defense. Rumors Of
mistrial were dispelled when the
Judge took his place on the bench and
proceeded without explanation of the
delay. Attorneys for President Viii
liam ". Wood of the American Wool
en company and Frederick f. AT
teaux. defendants in the ease with Den
mis- J Collins. who turned state 5 evi-
dence, made the closing arguments yes
terday. followed by District Attorney
Pelletier. who did not conclude until
well into the evening.
Before giving the case TO the jury
the court instructed the jurors 10 de-
termine first whether there was a con
spiracy. Take each case separately. II
the Judge said. ''If YOU find any OF
the defendants did not take part in
the alleged conspiracy you must aequii
them. Passive acquiescence or silent
knowledge Of conspiracy is sufficient
to convict Referring to the testi-
mony of Collins. who testified ne help
ed John J. Breen in planting the ex-
plosive but said he did so in ignorance
of the nature Of the material ne was
handling, the Judge said: eff you be
that he was without guilty knowledg,
of dynamite, you should aequit him.
I The jury retired at 1880.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
BILL VIOLATES
SPIRIT OF TREATY
Reioinder Of Japan to Note Of United
States on the Recent Califor-
nian Legislation.

TOXIC, June 6.-The rejoiner of
Japan to the note of the United States
on the subject of the Californian alien
land ownership legislation reiterates
that the bill violates the spirit of the
Japanese American treaty by diserim-
mating against a friendly power, and
points out that even if the question is
an economic one, it enters the domain
of international relations and there
fore becomes political. The note says
the Californian legislation violates ar
tiele l of the treaty of 1911, which au-
thorizes subjects or citizens of the
contracting parties to own or lease
houses which are inseparable parts Of
real estate. 1t is also claimed that the
new law violates the 14th amendment
to the constitution of the United
States, requiring that the states grant
equal protection under its laws 10 all
persons within its jurisdiction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
DEATH IN HOSPITAL
OF MRS. ]. T.,wARREN
For Many Years School Teacher in
Sixth Grade-Funeral Sunday IN
Congregational Church.

Mrs. Jennie T. Warren, Il. for many
years a teacher in the public schools
and who viii be best remembered in
that capacity by the present genera
tion. died in the Memorial hospital
last evening after an illness Of several
months with q stomach trouble She
was obliged 70 give up her school in
the early part Of the school wear.
Mrs Warren was the widow ~ Da-
ma Warren Of Marlboro. a farmer and
in his early life a school teacher His
death took place in Marlboro. Subse-
quently Mrs. Warren taught in various
places. deyOting a large part of her
life 10 that work, and many pupils
scattered over a wide territory win
row, as she had a faculty Of winning
their confidence and esteem.
Among the places where she taught
were Williamsville, West Brattieb0ro,
Centrevillc and this village. At one
time she taught on Reed hill. and for
many years, until her illness. she
taught in the sixth grade in the high
school building.
For years Mrs. Warren lived with
the late Miss Maria Whitney Of West
Brattleboro and in the family of the
/ late F. 4. Whitney. She leaves one
/ daughter, Mrs. Helen N. Auger. wife
of DR.. Henry NJ. Anger of Jamaica,
4 y. Y She had been a member Of the
Centre Congregational church since
4 1905.
The funeral service will be held in
the Centre church Sunday afternoon al
3 o'clock All friends are cordially IN.
vited 10 attend the service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
KILLED THREE,
WOUNDED THREE
Enraged at Absence of Wife, Laborer
Starts to Exterminate the Rest
of the Family.

CANTON, o., June 6.-Enraged, he
said, because he went home and found
his wife missing, Robert Roach, %, a
laborer, last night went to the home of
his wife s parents and shot and killed
his mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and
l6-months old baby and fatally wound
ed another sister-in-law. Later, when
his arrest was attempted, he shot
member of the Canton police force in
the leg and bit another man in the
hand.
The dead are: Mrs. Thisby Sehatz-
man, 61; Ruth Schatzman, 10; Foris
Roach, l6 months. The wounded are
Viola Schatzman, II, who is expected
to die; w W. Fielding, desk sergeant
of the Canton police force; /" Happy
Meyers, drayman. After the shoot
ing Roach took refuge in an upstairs
room and attempted to asphyxiate him
self. He was captured and revived
and confessed to the shooting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
Police and Strikers Had Blood
Battle Last Night in a
German City
STRIKER WAS KILLED
EARLIER IN DAY
He Attacked a Non-striksr and in the
Struggle which Followed was Slain
Comrades Threatened 20 Burn the
Factory Where Man was Hidinr.

STETTIN. Germany. June "a hat
tie between police and strikers in
which 20 are reported 20 have been
severely wounded was fought last
night in the suburbs Of Frauendorf. as
q sequel 70 the killing Of strikers hv
non-strikers. The workers 81 q ehieorv
factory struck some time ago and last
evening one Of the strikers attacked
e man who had continued 20 work. In
the fight the striker was killed. His
comrades later gathered in front of
the factory and demanded that the
nonstriker be handed over 10 them.
When they met with refusal they
threatened 20 set fire to the factory.
The local police were unable 10 cope
with the mob and reinforeements were
summoned from Stettin. Afterward
500 armed officers arrived ia automo-
biles and a pitched battle occurred,
during which the police used revolvers
and sabers freely. The strikers replied
with pistol shots. Ten policemen and
90 civilians were treated by the sur-
geons during the night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
SHERIFF WAS NOT
MIXED ON DATES
Putnam Minimum Sentence Had Ex-
pired, but for Some Unknown Reason
He Was Not Released.

1t develops that Sheriff c. f. Manu.
who recently went to Rutland to re-
arrest Earl Putnam who had completed
his minimum sentence on the day the
sheriff went for him, was not mixed
ON his date" Rather, it seems, for some
reason not definitely announced, the
authorities who have Putnam in their
keeping decided that he should be made
to serve the maximum sentence.
Putnam was arrested first for selling
Intoxicating liquor, but was released
on pacoIe. Later he went on a spree
ami fas arrested in Holyoke, Mass,
whlth II Sheriff Mann went after him
and committed him to the Rutland
houSt of correction to serve out his
orig ,al sentence for having broken
his arole His minimum term would
have expired May % and the sheriff,
knowing that it was customary to re-
lease prisoners who have been reason
| ably good in their jail behavior at the
expiration of their minimum term,
went after him.
He wanted to arrest him fof al
legged completely in the breaking and
entering of the Winhall railroad sta
| tion. At the jail, after some telephone
| communication with the capitol, the
sheriff was informed that the prison
er s sentence would not expire until
July 8. In partial explanation of this,
one of the Jail officials said that so
long as he had got to be confined in
jail waiting trial he might as well be
kept in Jail in Rutland, where he is
| obliged to work and where his work
is of some benefit to the state
This attitude, which is credited il
many quarters to Governor Fletcher
is, according to attorneys, entirely
without precedent, if it be true that
the prisoner is not being made to serve
his maximum sentence because of baC
behavior They argue that if it were
desired to keep man in Jail longer
than the length of his minimum sen
tence, all that would be necessary
would be for some sheriff to appear a
the jail with some trumped up charg,
and say that he proposed to re-arres
the prisoner That would mean, if thi
practice is to be made general in tn,
state that the prisoner would be com
PEELED, whether it were deserved o
not, to remain the limit of his max
imum sentence which in some instan
ces is two years more than the min
,, imum sentence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
HAD LIGHT BURNING
FOR FIFTY YEARS
But Her Soldier Lover Never Came
Back from the Scene of Battle
Death Ends All.

AMSTERDAM, y. Y, June 6.-AIiss
Julia Frank, ~, better known as
. Mother Frank, - is dead at her home
in West Stony Creek She adopted
and reared ten children and for 40
years had attended Memorial dav ser
vices here and had decorated the grave
of every soldier.
Miss Frank 5 sweetheart, soldier
in the Union army, was killed at the
battle of Bull Run and for more than
so years she has kept a light burn
ing in her window in anticipation of
his return. She never accepted as au-
thentie the report of his death.
The farm where she has spent her
life is bequeathed to an unmarried sis
ter on condition that the light be kept
burning for the soldier.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
HERO OF WRECK WAS A RoBBER.
Took Jewels From Woman He Assist
ed, the Police Say.

STANFORD, Conn, June 6-Han-
ford Donnelly. a motor-truek driver,
who was arrested here yesterday for a
minor theft, confessed, the police say,
to the theft of $4,000 worth of dia-
monds from Mrs. Philip James of
Lake Forest, H., at the time of the
fatal railroad wreck at Westport, Ct,
last October. Donnelly was called one
of the heroes of the wreck, he he as
sisted many of the injured women
from the cars. He helped Mrs. James
TO safety and carried her baggage.
She did not discover the loss Of her
jewels, which were family heirlooms,
until later. Detectives have been on
the case for months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
STILL OUT.
Strikers Who Reported Yesterday Not
Back at Work.

IPSWICH, Mass, June 6.-Six hun
dred strikers who reported yesterday
for work at the Ipswich hosiery mills
after an absence of six weeks, failed
to return to work today as a result, it
is said, of the influence of Joseph
Schiller, organizer of the Industrial
Workers of the World, who addressed
the meeting of Greek and Polish oper-
atives last night. The strike was
originally instituted to enforce a de-
mand for a 20 per cent increase in
wages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
vERMoNTERs PRESENT.
New England Railroad Situation Under

BOSTON, June 6.-Discussion of the
New England railroad situation was
resumed at the state house today by
the New England transportation con
ference appointed by the governors Of
the several states. Those present in
cluded Percival w Clement Of Rut-
land, William B. Howe of Burlington,
Chairman Francis T. Bowles of Massa-
ehusetts, Franklin W. Cram of Maine
and. representatives, of Rhode Island
and Connecticut.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
LEGION OF HONOR
FOR ADMIRAL PEARY
Decoration Will Be Presented to Arctic
Explorer After Lecture in Paris
Tonight.

PARIS, June 6.-Prince Roland Bo-
neparte, president Of the French Geo
graphical society, has made a request
to President Raymond Poincare, to
confer the decoration Of the Legion of
Honor upon Admiral Robert f. Pearv
and it is understood that it will be
presented to the Arctic explorer after
his lecture to the geographical society
this evening
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
JUNIOR HOP TONIGHT.
Will Be Held in New Armory from 8
to 12-Leitsinger' Orchestra.

The annual Junior hop of the high
school will take place this evening in
the new Armory from to u o'clock.
The hall has been prettily decorated
with the senior class colors, red and
white, college banners and evergreens.
Leitsinger's IS orchestra will furnish mu-
sic for the dancing from to II
o clock. The patronesses are Miss
Harriet E. Rallion, Miss Lulu d.
Brewer and Miss Ethel L. Osgood. The
committee in charge of the hop is
composed of Paul Chase, Jacob Estey,
Ralph Root, Gertrude Yearly, Pauline
Fisher, Dorothy Harper and Gretchen
Goldsmith.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
EASTERN STAR OFFICERS.
E. H. Sherwin and Mrs G. F. Buell.
Grand Patron and Matron.

GIdIlu fdIIDn ana ndLrOn.
BURLINGTON, June 5-The Yer
mont Grand Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, held its 4lst meeting
here yesterday with the largest attend
ance ever recorded More than 800
delegates were present, with nearly 200
other members of the order.
Officers were chosen as follows: Enos
H. Sherwin, Johnson, grand patron;
Arthur NJ. Lang, st. Johnsbury, asso-
ciate grand patron; Mrs. Abbie D.
Stone, Barre, associate grand matron;
Mrs. Olive J. Stowel, Bennington,
grand secretary; Mrs. Eta f. Fraser,
Windsor, treasurer; Mrs. Laura B. Cole,
Bennington, grand conductress; Mrs.
Martha A. Stoddard, Shelburne, grand
warden.
Officers were installed last night by
Mrs. Nellie Leland of Springfield with
Mrs. Eugenia Pettee of Brattleboro
marshall
Reports showed the membership in
Vermont to be I'LL, net gain of 343
during the year. The roll of 70 chap
ters includes three new ones, Mary G
Burdick, instituted at Jericho Tuesday
Balance Rock at Readsboro, and May
flower at Wilmington.
Guests included Mrs. Frances Morri
son, grand matron of New Hampshire
and Mrs Mary Palmer of Brooklyn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
STEAMER STRUCK MINE.
Was So Badly Damaged That She Was
Beached.

ATHENS, Greece, June 6.-The Bel
gian steamer Kurland from Antwerp
struck a mine near the island of
Phelva in the Gulf of Athens this
morning and was so seriously damaged
that she had to be towed to Phalerum
and beached.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
AT MASONIC TEMPLE.

A special eonvocation of Fort Dunn
mer chapter, No. u, R. A. NJ, will be
held at Masonic Temple Friday eve
ming, at 7.30 0 clock. Business, P. NJ.
& M. Z. NJ.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06

1t is poor judgment to consider a
person a freak because you don t hap
pen to agree with him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
TONIGHT.

Home of Mrs. Ida Butler, High
street-Meeting of n. E. o. p. ladies
auxiliary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
THE WEATHER.

Local Showers Tonight or Saturday the
Indication.
WASHINGTON, june 6.-The wealth
er forecast: Local showers tonight or
Saturday; brisk south and southwest
winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06

Some people take a peculiar pleasure
in pulling things down and walking
on them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06

1t is all very easy to judge when
one knows what caused person s
prejudice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
For Sale

FOR SALE-Furniture and Ranges,
new and secondhand at J. B. Dunton s.
FOR SALE-Good Iron Axle Ok Cart
with hay body. L. II. Richardson.
69-tf
FOR SALE - Cottage house on
Highland st. M. J. Baker, Union st.
53-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06

-Housekeeper in small
family. Address "B'', care Reformer
Office. 80-92
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06

WANTED - Chambermaid at the
Brooks House. 79-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06

WANTED-July 1, married man,
(rent, milk, fuel, garden furnished)
also single man, for general farm
work. A. L. Miller, West Brattleboro,
Vt. Tel. 1872. 82-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT
cents first insertion subsequent
Wanted

WANTED-Kitchen woman at Al
bany Cafe. 78-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06
Special Notices

IDEAL FIRELESS COOKER sold
by Frank R. Dye. Tel 323-R. 58-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-06

FURS repaired and made. Hours 9
to 4. Mrs. E. E. Holmes, 27 Green st.
Tel. 10. 27-tf
Holbrook argus., 1913-01-28
Maine in a Bad Way.

Said Syrus w. Davis, secretary of the state of Maine, in a recent interview;
 Maine today in laboring under a complete notification of the prohibitory law.
 Conditions there have become so frightful that the entire work ing of the statewide prohibitory law has accomplished nothing more than to unlicense the saloon there.
 1 am a firm believer in the To- cal option plan of handling the liquor question and I have every reason to believe that the people of Colorado will not place into the constitution of the state a law that has been such a failure in our state.
 The local option law, with re gulation voting out the saloons where not wanting it, and regu- lating and licensing where the majority do wish it, is law that would clean up Maine from the conditions existing now, and the better thinking people of Maine are as a unit hoping that a loca- tion option law, may some day be secured that the conditions under which liquor is fragrantly sold, with more drunkenness may be handled. Where the majority of a people in a community resent a prohibitory law, then nullification of the statewide law follows. MT. Davis is a prominent news paper publisher of Maine and has made a study of the conditions that exist there.
Holbrook argus., 1913-01-28
Futility of State Crusades
 Against Liquor Selling
in Kansas,

We find in the Coffeyville, Kas, Journal of October 26th an inter- view with MT. Samuel Hannon, owner of a big horse and mule farm near Columbus, Kas. MT. Hannon states that Columbus is about the only really dry town in Cherokee county. At Scammon and all of the other small thinning towns in the county, Hannon says the liquor business is being car ried on as openly as it is in Joplin, Mo. The same bar prices prevail. After the recent crusade against the liquor traffic there, made by the state authorities, the injunc- tion cases were all settled by the payment of court costs and attor- ney fees and the business resum- ed.
 Cherokee county, it is well known, was recently the scene of violent, even furious, campaign by the attorney general of Kan sas, and nothing was left undone to stamp out and to punish illicit liquor selling, but their is eviden- ce that everything is going on as , it was before. The official raids are like a furious storm of wind and rain passing over a commun- ity. It strikes terror and confus- ion while it lasts, but as soon as it is over the sun shines out again, all is calm and peaceful, and men go on about their affairs as if nothing had occurred. Nature may be temporarily sidetracked, but it can never be perpetually repressed; shut the door and it will fly out of the window; shut the window and it will es- cape by the chimney. Kansas and Maine are the best evident of his truism.
Holbrook argus., 1913-01-28
Mail Carriers Will Fly

This IS an age of great dis coveries. Progress rides on the air. Soon we may see Uncle Sam's mail carriers flying in all directions, transporting mail. People take a wonderful interest in discovery that benefits them. That's why Dr. Kings New Dis covery for Coughs, Colds and other throat and lung diseases is the most popular medicine in America. Ut cur ed me of a dreadful cough" writes Mrs. J. F. Davis, Stickney Corner, Me-, "after doctors treatment and all other remedies had failed" For coughs, colds or any bronchial affection is unequaled. Price soc and $1.OO. Trial bottle free at all druggists. |
 MT. and Mrs. Seth Stiles of Manila were visitor in town We'd nesday.
 County Attorney J. E. Crosby was a visitor in town this week from Holbrook.
 G. w. Hart of Haylake was a visitor here last Friday.
 Elizabeth c. Starby of Oraibi was a visitor in town last Friday.
 G. R. Bauerbach left Wednes- day for San Jacinto Springs where he will be for a few weeks.
 Attorney X. N. Sleeves of Will Hams was a business visitor 1T town this week.
 If your ceildren are subject to attacks of croup, watch for tht first symptom, hoarsness. Give Cha m berlain $ cough Remedy a: soon as the child becomes hoars' aud the attack may be warded off For sale by all dealers. 1