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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15

ing in our own land. Psychological
conditions both in Japan and America
are approaching a state in which
some startling but really trivial event
might easily bring a series of deplor-
able consequences.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
BANK BUILDING BURNED.
Loss of $4,000 at Athol Yesterday
IS Below Zero at the Time

ATHOL, Mass, Feb. l9.-Fire which
broke out about o clock yesterday
morning caused a damage to the Mill
ers River National bank block and oe-
cupants, estimated at $4,000. The
blaze was confined 70 the annex, this
was gutted by fire. The main portion
of the building was greatly damaged
by smoke and some water.
The fire was discovered by William
Memo, an occupant Of the annex who
was awakened by smoke pouring into
his room. lie hurried 10 the police sta
tion ana an alarm was rung When
Mr.. Memo returned to the building. he
assisted Miss Anna Mccormick. who
had hair dressing apartment in the
block, and others 10 the police station.
Nearly all the occupants were thinly
clad. The fire. it is thought, started
in the basement of the candy kitchen
of Ardelos Bros. and soon worked its
way up through the partitions. The
tremen found II hard blaze to fight
The mercury registered - degrees
below zero and the fremen were soon
covered with thick coating of ice
1t was not until the middle of the fore
hoon that the blaze was eXtiuguished.
After the fire 1t was found that nearly
four feet OF water was in the base
ment and the steam engine of the fire
department was put TO work, pumping
out the water.
The Athol Savings bank and the Mil
iers River National bank found it i'm
possible TO do business in their quar-
ters in the main building, and opened
temporary quarters IN the parlors o1
the Pequoig House, under police guard
The store of Ardelos Bros. is prac
ticaiiy complete loss, and the occu
pants of the annex saved but little OF
! their goods, with the exception of Mr.
fSNemo, who through binding smok,
| got the greater part of his to safety
People occupying the annex beside.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Memo, were: Dr. William
j. Bolton, Miss Anna Mccormick, Mr.
! and Mrs. Henry Parker Mrs. Jess,
| Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs. David Perham
| DR.. Bolton and Mrs. Parker were til.
only occupants Of the annex who hel,
insurance. The building was insured
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
Six to Eight Inches of Rain
Had Fallen in 80 Hours
Up to This Morning
WATER 1O-FEET DEEP
IN SOME STREETS
Boats in Use i'll Going from House to
House-Buildings Have Collapsed
Traffic Interrupted and Telegraph
Companies Out of Commission.

Los ANGELES, Calf. Feb 10
Southern California is flood bound
again today as result of the down
pour which started at midnight Tues
day and yielded six to eight inches of
rain in 80 hours ending this morning.
Railroad traffic is completely demor-
allied. The city streets have been
turned into mill races and the irriga-
tion canals have been widened into
lakes.
Some sections of the streets of this
city were under 10 feet of water for
brief period.
Fire engines were called into service
to pump ont the flooded Easements of
several of the large buildings. Several
houses collapsed here and in some
neighborhoods boats were used in the
streets.
One telegraph company reported to-
day that 70 per cent of its wires were
useless. Arizona is virtually cut off
from wire communication.
Only one fatality has been reported
thus far, Emmett Osterman, boy of
Is, having been drowned at Santa Bar
bara.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
SENATOR GORE ACQUITTED.
Jury at Oklahoma City Returned Yer
dict After 10 Minutes.

OKLA HOMA CITY. Oklahoma, Feb.
l9.-Unitcd States Senator Thomas
Pryor Gore late yesterday was exoner-
ated of charges of improper conduct
by a verdict in his favor returned in
district court here in the suit for S50,-
600 damages instituted by Mrs. Minnie
+. Bond of Oklahoma City. The YER
diet was returned 10 minutes after the
case was given to the jury. Only one
ballot was taken
.'Wc tnd, the jury stated in the
verdict, ''the evidence submitted 10y
the plaintiff entirely insufficient upon
which to base suit; that said evi-
deneo wholly eXonerates the defendant
and had the defendant, at the conclu-
sion of the plaintiff S evidence, an
nouneed that he desired TO introduce
no evidence and rest his case, our yer
diet would have been the same in that
event as now returned by us, in favor
of the defendant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
EXPLORERS BONES FOUND.
Americans in Party Probably Slain by
Cannibals.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19-The expedi- !
tion of Capt. j. Campbell Besley of
London and San Francisco. which pen
etrated the wilds of Peru from Lima
to the source of the Amazon and went
down that river 1000 miles to the
Atlantic at Para, has returned here on
the Lampert d Holt liner Byron, from
Trinidad.
Capt Besley told of the discovery of
three wonderful cities of the Incas in
jungle wilds, where no white man had
ever set foot before; of battles with
Indians in ambush: of daily meeting
with disease, danger and death. He
told, too, of his search In the impen-
etrable Peruvian wilds for the lost
Cromer -Seljian expedition of a year
before, and of the finding of hip bones
and thighs, thought to be remains of
Seljian and a comrade, Patrick o 'Hig-
gins, who. Captain Besley believes,
were slain and eaten by cannibals af
ter they had been betrayed by an
Indian girl whom Scliian had taken
along into the wilds.
The Besley expedition started from
here July 80 and went to Lima. Peru,
| bv way of Panama. Ii consisted of
| Capt. Besley, retired British army
| officer. who had led several previous
| expeditions of explorations into va
rious parts of the world; J. X. Hol-
brook. motion picture man employed
| by Pathe Freres, who has brought back
motion pictures of the expedition; F.
! Eugene Farnsworth of Boston, an art
/ ist and lecturer; Franklin B. Coates,
the motion picture director of the ex-
| petition; A. Galaide of Boston, pho
tographcr and Jerry W. Dunn of Lon
don, botanist Two other members of
the expedition were awaiting it at
Lima, George Shour, mining engI-
neer. and Reginald Leonard. an expert
appointed by the Peruvian government
to study the deadly Uta fiy and its
ravages in that land.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
PAST MASTERS NIGHT
MONDAY, FEBRUARY %
Brattleboro Lodges Program to In
clude Chicken-Pie Supper and
Entertainment.

Brattlebero lodge, No. l02, f. \.
NJ. will observe its annual past mas
tiers night next Monday, Feb. %. The
lodge will be opened at t in the af-
ternoon and the first section of the
Master Mason degree will be conferred
at that time At $50 a chic ken-pie
supper will be served by the ladies Of
Bingham chapter, .. +. ). At 80 the
lodge will be called from refreshments
to labor and the second section of the
Master Mason degree will be confer
red. When the lodge room work is com
pleted Fred Kendall, a professional en-
tertainer. will give program of about
an hour 5 length.
The acting officers of the lodge will
be as. follows W. NJ, Dennison
Cowles; :. W. W. p. Gibson; j. W., J.
IT.. Pratt; :. D.. Ferris Il. Vaughan
J D.. George VI. Clay; :. s, \. p. Si-
monds; !. s. Charles II. Niles; sec
DR.. Thomas Rice; treas, F. 3. Pier;
marshal, W ii. Vinton; chaplain, o
f. Randall; tyler, w. l.. Hunt ". 3
Vinton and NJ. G. Houghton will alsc
nave part III the work.
All Master Masons in good standing
are invited To be present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
BANQUET RENDERED
ADVISORY BOARD
Memorial Hospital Entertained l:
Physicians Last Night-Decora-
tions of Roses and Carnations.

The annual banquet Of the advisory
board Of Memorial hospital, given by
the hospital TO the physicians, was
served last evening NJ the institution at
5 o'clock with II of the members pres
ent. The tables were decorated with
red roses and red carnations. and the
menu. prepared by the cooks of the
institution, was especially attractive
and palatabIe. Resolutions on the death
Of Or. Frank II. O 'Connor. member
of the hospital staff and the advisory
board were adopted.
Those present were: Drs. George r.
Anderson, Edwin s. Bowen, Harry p.
Greene Fremont Hamilton. Winfretl
II. Lane. A. |. Miller. w. H.. Noyes.
Charles K. Aldrich, Charles 5. Pratt.
Thomas Rice, Henry Tucker. Fl. L.
Waterman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
PRESIDENT AN EXILE.
Deposed Official in Peru Sent on
Steamer to Panama.

LIMA. Peru, Feb. 19.--Guillermo Bill
liughurst. the deposed President of
Peru. was sent into exile Yesterday,
together with his son George, and his
minister Of the interior, Don Gonzalo
Tirado.
At midnight the fallen chief exeeu-
tive was taken from the panoptico, or
peuitentiarv, where he had been con
fined since his overthrow, Feb. 4. Tn
der military escort he was taken TO
the port of Calluo, six miles away,
where he and his two companions We're
placed on board the Peruvian cruiser
Lima before dawn: The Lima then
sailed for Panama.
1t is stated here that the majority
Of the Peruvian Congress Will refuse
To authorize the assumption of the
presidency by Roberto f. Leguia. first
vice president. who is now on his way
to New York from England. 1t is
said that such action on his part would
cause further rev olation and state of
anarchy in Peru.
DR.. Jose Pardo, who was President
of Peru from 1904 to 1908, is reported
70 intend returning TO Peru in the hope
of unifying the various elements of the
civil party, but without any purpose
of trying to return to power.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
WARDEN AND MRS.
WILSON SURPRISED
Presented Money and Flowers by
Brattleboro Lodge. n. E. 0. p
Program Followed by Dancing.

About 20 members Of the y +. o.
r. and friends gathered iii Red Men :
hall last evening for card party.
At o clock Warden f. u. Wilson of
Brattleboro lodge, \. +. o. F., and
his wife were called to the center of
the hall by Vice Warden Frank Briggs
who presented them with bonbon dish
well filed with 25-cent pieces. and a
bouquet of carnations. The presenta-
tion was in honor of the 18th wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
which occurs this week. The money
was from members of the order and the
bouquet was the gift of two friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson were completely
surprised, but Mr.. Wilson managed to
find words TO express the apprecia tion
of himself and his wife for the gifts.
The presentation was followed by the
reading of poem, The 25th Wedding
Anniversary by NJ. }. Larrabee and a
reading by Mrs. Harry Dowley entitled
Their Surprise. Refreshments were
served and during that time Lewis
Grotto and Miss Ruth Conway gave
musical selections. Remarks concerning
the order were given by Mrs. Grace
Larrabee, Warden Wilson and Leon
F. Mixer, past junior warden. Dancing
followed until ll.30 clock, music be-
ing provided by Mr.. Grotto and Miss
Conway.
The committee in charge Of the ar
rangements consisted of Frank Briggs
Miss Ellen Miner, Mrs. Lillian Shcp
ardson and Mrs. Grace Larrabee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
CANAL TOLLS EXEMPTION.
President Working to Secure Change
ON Part of Congress.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 19-President
Wilson pressed further today for the
repeal of the exemption clause of the
Panama canal act at conferences held
with congressman. He talked with
Senator Kern, the majority leader, and
Kern said later that although he voted
for the exemption the President told
him of the various international phases
of the question which did not come
before the Senate when the canal act
was passed.
House leaders. il was said, desire
that some announcement or message be
sent to Congress by the President be
fore reversing themselves on the ques-
tion, SO as to be able to make clear
to their constituents that the interna-
tional circumstances which have arisen
require the making of a change.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
DEAN H. C. TJNKHAM |
CHARGES CONSPIRACY
Alleges Effort Is Being Made TO Drive
Smaller Medical Colleges Out of
: Existence

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 10
Declaring his opinion that several or
aanizations and large colleges have
combined with the CarIiegie foundation
to drive the smaller medical schools
out of existence, and citing Dartmouth
as an example where the octopus
had done its work. Dean Henry G..
Tinkham ef the University of Vermont
Medical school created a strong i'm
preston with his speech vindicating
his college at the annual banquet of
the Western Massac chusetts Alumni as
sociation of that university last even
ing. A little later President Guy Pot
ter Benton stated that in his mind
he had come to the same conclusions as
had Dean Tinkham. DIR. Tinkham ;
views on this subject were:
4 am very much inYined to be
lieve that there is Il conspiracy, and
| say it advisedly after much thought,
that there is conspiracy on the part
of several organizations and on the
part of schools, to put the smaller
medical schools out of business. 1t
stands TO reason that if the smaller
colleges close, the students will have tC
60 70 Columbia, Yale, New York col
leges or elsewhere. Dartmouth has
gone through this same experience,
and the octopus has practically
squeezed out the existence of the Han
ever Medical school the past TIVE
| years. | believe that this organization
the fundamental principle of which Is
the Carnegie foundation, is trying t
! put the University Of Vermont out OF
| business.
/ When they release stories 10 tn,
| sunday papers of New York, and as
| have learned. Springfield and othel
cities, and furnish them with identica
texts and identical cuts there must b,
/ something behind it. When they sem
! out the cuts of the University of Yer
mont, they sent a picture of the ol,
medical building. now used as a lodg
ing house. ana the worst building con
nccted with the university. They fel
they ought to have two buildings an,
/ they choose the next smallest, a goo,
one and new one, but small-th,
agricultural building. | should like I,
| know what noble mindspirit must hav
inspired somebody to send out thes
cuts when We have such good building
as you know there are on the cam
| pus.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
Vote in the House of Repre-
sentatives Yesterday
Was $50 to 81
THE BOND FEATURE
WAS ELIMINATED
Provision Made for Construction of
Railroad Not to Exceed 1000 Miles
il Length-President Signature Is
Assured

WASHINGTON, Feb l9.-The ad-
ministration Alaskan railroad bill,
authorizing the President to construct
"a SO, 100000 railroad from AIaska 5
coast to its great coal fields. was passed
by the House late Yesterday by q vote
of $50 to 81 \ similar measure al
ready has passed the Senate. and the
bills will be taken up at once in con
ference between the two houses. with a
view to sending it quickly to the
President, who has siguited his intcn-
tion of singing it.
At the eleventh hour. after Il sharp
parliamentary skirmish, the House
eliminated from the bill as reported by
the territories committee a provision
authorizing IA bond issue Of S35.000,000
to finance the railroad and TO be paid
off by the proceeds OF government land
sales in Alaska. The Senate bill pro
vides for a Slo.O000no bond issue.
Representative Fitzgerald Of New York
led fight which resulted in striking
out the entire bond provision from the
bill. Under the amended measure the
proiec would he financed out of the
current funds in the treasury. the
and $l,000,o00 being appropriated for
immediate expenses. Congress would
appropriate each year the amount esti-
mated to be necessary for the con
struction of the road.
The bill provides for the construction
of a road .'not to exceed LOCO miles
| to be so located as to connect one OF
more of the open Pacific ocean harbor,
on the southern coast of Alaska with
the navigable waters in the interior OF
Alaska. and with 4 coal field or field:
yielding coal sufficient in quality an,
quantity for naval use. so as 10 bes'
aid in the development Of the aericul
tural and mineral or other resources o.
Alaska \ futile effort was made bA
the opponents Of the bill led by Repre-
sentative Davenport al Oklahoma. I,
postpone the final vote on the measure
until next Wednesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
Tentative List Includes Names
of Five Prominent New
Englanders
SETTLEMENT is
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
Chairmen Elliott Win Then Return and
Matters VIII Be Pushed to a Speedy
onclusion-Attorney General Makes
Examination Today.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Although
the final agreement on the board of
trustees which viii operate the Boston
& Maine railroad after its separation
from the New Haven system is not cx-
pected TO ha made public until next
week, Attorney General McReynolds
had an opportunity today to look over
the tentative list prepared by Governor
Walsh of Massachusetts, and approved
by the department representatives.
The list is said to include the names
Of FIVE prominent residents Of New
England. In the absence Of Chairman
Elliott aud counsel for the New Haven
road the negotiations for the separl
tion of the roads is practically at Il
standstill. 1T is understood at depart
ment headquarters. however, that with
the return of Mr.. Elliott next week
the settlement would be pushed to a
speedy conclusion. Elliott 5 departure
last night was due entirely to the fact
that the New Haven directors are to
meet in New \ Crk today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
WOMAN'S OPPORTUNITY
FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Miss Caroline Crawford Gave Foreful
Talk Before Woman's Club
Proposed Change in Bylaw.

The regular meeting of the Brattle-
boro Woman 5 club yesterday after
noon in the Congregational chapel was
largely attended by club members and
guests, who listened with great pleas
ure and appreciation to talk by Miss
Caroline Crawford upon The Woman s
Club as Guardian of Social Life. Miss
Crawford formerly was dean of the
women 5 college at Middlebury and
feels much interest in the education
of young people in Vermont.
Miss Crawford said there had been
two revolutions in the last 100 years,
first the one ii industry, which took
outside the home much of the work
which always had been done there, and
second, the one in thought, which
comes from progress rs an ideal. Years
ago, when All the food was prepared
and all the material for clothing was
made in the home, it was done by girls
or boys who came 10 the home to do
the work, and the woman in charge of
the household was morally responsible
for those working under her Under
new conditions the home maker must
sharing the responsibilities by seeing
that boys and girls who are obliged
by changed conditions to labor outside
the home are given living wage and
a chance TO live morally and economi-
cally. Women have not known how 10
meet these responsibilities very well
and many times have neglected them.
Those who teach young women know
how much the women clubs are do
| ing for the organization Of a new so
cial life, and Miss Crawford believes
there is wonderful opportunity foI
women 10 take the spirit of the home
out into the world. She wishes that ev-
| cry Woman ; club might have a dc
partment of social activities. which
might organize and direct the amuse
ments of young people, including theil
dancing and the pictures shown in NOV
/ ing gpicture theaters.
/ Following Miss Crawford ; talk tho
social committee of the club served
dainty refreshments, and music by tn,
! high school orchestra was much enjoy
| ed.
There was a short business session
when the meeting opened. A notice
was given of change in the bylaws
providing for increase in the guest fe,
from Is cents to % cents, this chang
TO be voted upon by the club at it
next business session.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
SHELDON GOES, BUT
WIFE WILL REMAIN
Railroad Man II Years to Have Posi-
tiou in st. Albans Car Shops
- Married Anna Bailey Jan %.

Herbert c. sheldon, who was in the
employ of the Central Vermont rail
road as fireman, engineer lnd car in
speetor for - years until his marriage
at Hinsdale, \. H., on Jan. 2S 10 Anna
l.. Bailey. left this morning for st. AZ
bans TO resume work for the railroad
COMPANY in the car shops. Mrs. sheldon
will not accompany him. but VIII con
tinue to make her home hrre. They
have been living at - School street.
Mr.. sheldon $ address at St. AlbanS
will be 25 Elm street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
Contained Goods in Transit
from New York to White
River Junction
VALUABLE SILKS
AMONG THE PACKAGES
American Express Company Had Seal
ed the Car Before 1t Left New York
Fire Discovered at Sound Beach
Cause Is Unknown.

STAMFORD, Conn, Feb. 19-An
express car filed with packages shipped
by the American Express company,
sealed and bound at New York for
White River Junction. VT, was burned
with its contents here today.
The fire was discovered while the
train was passing through Sound Beach.
The loss will be heavy, as among
the packages burned were a number
containing silks said to- be valued at
several thousand dollars. The cause
of the fire is unknown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
At MASONIC TEMPLE.

SPECIAL communication Of the Brat
tleboro lodge viii be held Thursday
evening at $50. Work: Fellow Craft
degree. The lecture viii bs illustrated
by sterecptieon.
rs -szt Naso--.s dancing class wiz
--aet Erid1y, March 6.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH.

Friday evening at 7.3o-Midweck
devotional service in the chapel. Sub
iect, The Heroic Age Of the Church.
. Cor. IL: 22-$3; Mark j.: 41-44; Acts
.: 25-32, Leader, Rev, Roy Nj. Hough-
ton.
SUNDAY evening at First of the
series of evangelistic services in the
church, conducted by the pastor Sub
ject, The Amazing Gift of Love-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
SECOND SERIES is BEGUN.
Team B Took Opening Game from Team
Big Scores Made.

The Masonic bowling league began
last evening the second series of the
winter bowling tournament with "a
match between teams A and b. which
developed the best scores made during
the season, team Il winning by nine
pins over team A. The team scores
were 1909 to 1900 and Locke of the
winning team had high total of 2S2.
Merrill had high single of 100 The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19

The largest apple tree in New York
state i said to he one standing near
the town of Wilson. It was planted in
the year 1915. and it is ON record that
it once yielded 30 full barrels Of APP
pies in season
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
THE WEATHER.
Snow Tonight and Probably Friday;
| Colder and North Winds

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - The
weather forecast: Snow tonight and
probably Friday; colder Friday; mod
crate north to northwest winds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

Friday, 80: The speaker will be
Miss Linnie iiolbrook of Tura, Assam,
a missionary under the Woman s Bap-
fist Foreign Missionary society. Miss
Hoibrook has been in the field six
years and this is her first furlough.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
SHOT THREE IN FAMILY.

Abraham Ostatter Then Fell in a Fit
OF Epilepsy.
HUTCHINSON, Feb. 10. - In what
the police believe to have been sud
den fit of insanity, Abraham Ostatter,
pawnbrokcr, today shot and killed
his mother and inflicted probably
fatal wounds on his wife and father
law. He then fell in a fit of epilep-
sy. A suit brought by his wife for di-
voree is pending in the courts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT
5usnh line first 10 subsequent insertion
Cash in Advance. Minimum Charge, 20
Wanted

WANIED-Farm within a few miles of
Brattleboro. Z. .. Box 3D. BIattlehoro
Vt. oSl If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-19

WANTED II An experienced see
ond girl, - a week. Mrs. George f..
Crowell Brattleboro, Vt. 2sS-tf