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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
Commonwealth Railway Com
pany Would Control Many
Important Lines
ASK LEGISLATURE
FOR AUTHORITY
Boston Elevated System Would Be Con
nected with Several Important Sub
urban Roads - Stockholders Wen
Protected.

urban Roads - Stockholders Wen
Protected.
BOSTON. june 9.-Provisions Of
plan for a merger Of the Boston Ele-
waited railway. the Bay State Street
railway. the West End street railway
and the Boston. Revere Beach & Lynn
railway into a corporation TO be known
as the Commonwealth Railway co.
were made public today.
1t was announced that bill embody-
ing this proposition would be submittec
to the legislative committee on rail-
iOads and metropolitan affairs today by
James F. jackson, former railroad com
missioner, acting as counsel for the Bay
state.
Under the provisions of the bill the
new corporation would be authorized
to increase fares to an extent 'fneees-
sary TO properly provide for mainteH-
ance and depreciation and a reasonable
return on the capital actually invest
| ed -
The bnl further stipulates that the
purchase of the stock of the companies
shall not be valid unless authorized by
a vote Of two-thirds of the stoekhold-
/ ers that the Boston, Revere Beach and
| Lynn road may widen its tracks TO 2
standard guage, electrify its system
and connect with the elevated system
through extension of tracks or use OF
/ Il tunnel.
The Boston Elevated operates all tbs
| surface, underground and elevated line
within the city of Boston and n large
part Of the surface lines IN the sub
urbs. The West End is under lease 4
the Elevated The Bay State lines ex
tend from Newport, r. l., to Nashua
y H. The Boston, Revere Beach 4
Lynn is = narrow gauge steam railroa,
operating IN East Boston, Winthrop
Revere and Lynn and maintaining
line of ferry boats from East BostOl
To the city proper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09

English locomotive works have been
SO busy of late that one English rail
way had TO order ten locomotives from
Germany.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
GUEST OF THE KING.

Col. Roosevelt Broke Bread With AL
phonso of Spair4
MADRID, June 9.-Col Theodore
Roosevelt was today the guest of King
Alphonso and Queen Victoria at their
summer parish 40 miles from Madrid.
Accompanied by Ambassador Willard
of the American embassy the colonel
left Madrid in an automobile to drive
to the royal residence where it had
been arranged that he should arrive for
luncheon. His stay at the palace was
to last four hours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
HACKED a PORTRAIT.
Another Militant Sufragette Outrage
in Birmingham. Eng.

BIRMINGHAM. June 9. - A mill
tant sutfragette vandal armed with i
cleaver today destroyed n Portrait
of a Boy - painted by George Rom
ney, in the Birmingham art gallery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
Endearing Letters a Climax
in Mrs. H0lman's Suit
for $4,000
PROFESSOR BRENTON
TAKES THE STAND
Tells Reasons for Having Former Wife
Taken to Brattleboro Retreat-Let-
ters Were Turned Over to Him by
Holman S Former Wife.
Especial to The Reformer.)
HARTFORD. Conn. June

lI-N - Chlf- 1Oni.. y HNt y.
As a sensational climax to a rapid
fire of startling evidence presented in
the 100000 conspiracy suit Of Mrs
Elizabeth Curtis Holman against her
former husband, Rev Cranston Bren-
ton, Or. Oliver G. Smith ana Or. Paul
Waterman on trial before Judge Ed
win 5. Thomas and a jury in the
United states district court. came a
series of letters written by Mrs ITol-
man and Frederick Ernest Holman.
whom she married soon after Profess
sor Brcnton received his divorce from
her. The letters were written while
she was the wife Of Professor Bren
/ ton, and they were read to the Jury
/ yesterday afternoon bv Ralph d
/ Wells. chief counsel for the defense
Each day thus far has added some
timing new Of a startling nature to TIN.
sensational case. Yesterday. the fifth
| day, produced its share of features il
the testimony given by Rev Cransfol
8renton on direct examination. Ac
cording TO his statements, g,rnn Il
justification Of his efforts to nave Mrs
Holman confined in the Brdttlcbor
asylum, he did it because she ha
threatened suicide with cvanide o
potassium which had fallen into he
hands; because She twice had threat
ened TO kftl their child Jonathan, h,
cause she encouraged. then tried :
: extrieatc herself from. The inran;
tion OF her male aequaintances. taun'
ing her husband when ne failed tc IL
her, and because, finally she p"rsisrc
; in earring on n correspondence of a
, abnormal and dangerous nature wit
I Holman. and, before she had ever see
him, had given him : 600 secured nj
+ on misrepresentation TO her mothe
Mrs. Curtis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09

Lightning is more frequent in Hi
nois and Florida than in any other
states.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH

Thursday, 6 p. m.-Annual straw
berry supper by Woman s association
in the chapel Tickets, 50 cts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
THE WEATHER.
Warmer and Generally Fair Tonight
and Wednesday.

WASHINGTON. June 9.-The wealth
er forecast: Warmer and generally
fair tonight and Wednesday; moder
ate east to south winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
Hapgood Appears for Petitioners.

After dinner at the Bromley house
the inspectors held an open session to
hear the presentation and any answer
that the Turnpike company might at
that time make.
The company was represented by j.
y. Flynn Of North Dorset, brother OF
J. j. Flynn of Burlington, the real
cwner, and Frank G. Archibald OF Man
chester as their attorney. The peti-
tioners case was presented by NJ J
Hapgood Of Peru, who saws that in
years gone bv that he has paid as
| high as $500 a year tolls on this road.
Road Not Built for Autos.
The attorney for the company held
| that this road built in 1914, was am
| pie to accommodate the mode Of tray
| t.. of that time and never contemplated
/ the running of steam ears over this
! mountain road; that the lSfoot Wild,
| road called for did not contemplate til,
| making of a Travelled path of tha
| width but that the roadway OF tina
width was ample
The petitioners claimed that the roa,
was not the width called for in tn
charter, Is feet. and the road shoul,
have the large number of water bar
| removed and be we'll crowned, an
that the inspectors should order tha
tolls be suspended until such time a
The road was put in the condition ral
Ell for by the charter.
Next Hearing OH June 23.
After an executive session OF thc il
sPectors they reported that the roa
was not in reasonable repair. and the
adjourned the hearing until Tuesda,
june 23. ut Manchester ut which tim
the inspectors, who in the meantin
+. viii make carful survey Of the roa
and nota what repairs and alter
tious should he made will make the
} order TO the Turnpike company
Among these who were present
he meeting was Representative A.
Orvis of Manchester, who was the i
troducer of the bin in the last legiSl
ture to do away with the Peru tr
: pike as toll road and that il hg talk
= over by the state
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
Profesgor Brenton On Stand.

Professor Brenton was the first
witness called yesterday. do you re-
call this interview concerning which
Mrs. Holman has given an account,
which occurred on the morning of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
Brenton Tells His Side.

Professor Brenton : testimony in
the morning was given TO offset the
version that he had been a palsv -
the conspiracy which put Mrs. Iol-
man in the Brattlcboro Retreat lie
asserted that he was in another room
curing her interview with the ply
sician III his study. Further along
ia his testimony, Brenton said lie gave
Mrs. Brenton paper, after arriving
1T the Retreat that she WIS asked TO
sign. She was told that she could
be released any time on two or three
days notice being given. Then shc
signed the document
The deposition OF Mrs Curtis wa,
read to the jury by the defense an6
/ showed Mrs. Holman S health to have
| been normal previous to her cohfine
ment in the Retreat. The mother OF
| Mrs Holman swore she had been un
| duly Influenced by the misrepresen
tations of Professor Bfenton to be
ieve her daughter guilty of miseon
duet and had at no time consented tha
the young woman be removed to
! madhouSc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09
Testimony of Mother.

! When the ease was reported yester-
| day morning at ll.30 o clock, Mr..
| Wells Immediately read the deposition
! of Mrs. Curtis, mother of Mrs. Hol-
man, to the jury. The testimony en-
phasiZcd by Mr. Wells was that which
touched upon the sanity and normality
Of the former Mrs Brenton The let
ter from Mrs. Curtis to Professor
Brenton. in which the writer said;
s'That fatal gift ii imagination ha,
been her ruin and has untitled her fol
! this life, = was cited.
4 Mr.. Wells scored a technical point
in his endeavor TO show Mrs. IIol
man s contentment while at the Re
treat when he brought out that Mrs
Holman paid the bill for her stay a
: Brattleboro. Following are the salien
I features of the testimony recited:
: Mrs. Holman did not take immediat
Q action to leave the sanitarium upol
E huding it was IN "insane asylum.
. Mrs. Curtis wrote to Dr. Lawton o.
7 Sept. II, 1912, that Mrs. Holman
must get over those foolish notion
about that unworthy man.
Mrs Schubmehl was sent by Mr.,
Curtis 10 escort Mrs. Holman wheneve
she left her room.
n The remainder of the testimony q
Mrs. Curtis read to the jury dealt wit
Mrs Holman's health while at Linde
e Lodge, at WestFort, and during he
p stay in Hartford while the trial was
Il progress Outside of two operation
L performed by DR.. Smith in 1902 an
y 1868, Mrs Cnrtis testified that hC
+ daughter had not been troubled wit
$ serious illness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-09

Continued on Page 6.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
Efficiency Of Submarine Not Yet Proved

Ever since the sinking of the British
cruiser Hawke by the German subma-
rine U.s. in the North Sea, the Navy
Department has been deluged with let
tcrS containing suggestions from indi-
Vtduals al lover the country for the i'm
provement Of the submarine and for n
great extension of Its usefulness. Sat-
istied that most of tire writer's Of these
communications had acquired an ex-
aggerated idea of the lighting abilities
Of the submarine and that there was
very present danger of 81 serious inter-
ference with the naval building pro-
gram and perhaps an almost total sus-
pension of the construction of addi-
tional battleships. If erroneous ideas
obtain common credencc, the naval Of
ticials have been trying to correct this
Impression. They have made 1t n point
tc reply to each of the letter writers,
setting out in detail the reasons why,
In the Judgment OF the department
officials, II would be disastrous to aban-
don other naval construction entirely
in favor OF the submarine, end point
Ing to the limitations which surround
these little boats.
These arguments have been reduced
to form In the following statement
which 1T may be said accurately repre-
gents the views of the technical. Of.
Jfcers of tho navy in regard to tho
merits OF the submarines: g
The land operations of the war have
been. so overwhelming and the naval
conflicts, so comparatively few that tho
Importance of the sea operations of the
various nations is apt to be lost sight
of. 1t is the brilliant feats which strike
the eye, the dash of tho British against
Helgoland, the destruction of three
cruisers by a German submarine. rath-
err than the slow bearing down by
sheer weight of the allied feet against
the whole German coast line.
80 far the submarine has carried off
honors, and at the same time has great
ly disappointed its admirers in that it
Las not done more 1t was freely pre-
dictcd before the war that the day of
tho Dreadnought was passed: that the
submarine would drive 1t from tho seas.
The destruction Of British cruisers by
the German submarine 10 was taken
as proof of the Importance of surface
craft!
Nevertheless. the advocates of sub
marines are beginning to evidence
signs of. impatience at the paucity Of
results, They realize that there are
over zoo submarines in the navies of
the warning nations. and so far only
one has done anything. Not n Dread
nought has even been menaced. The
cruisers which were struck were old,
hastily commissioned with naval re-
serve crews. Two OF them were en-
gagged In! lowering boats and picking, up
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
THE MEsD1sPATcH RICHMOND SUNDAY NOVEMBER g. 1914

on by their teeth to the ragged edge of exist
ence IT speaks volumes for the innate con-
servatism of even New Yorks foreign-born
sweatshop workers that this is the first time
they have chosen an upholder OF revolu-
tionary economies to represent them. But
even If to him are joined one or more So
cialist Congressman from Wisconsin, as seems
barely possible at the time this is written,
the effect will be precisely the same as IL
they had never been elected
1t is pathetic, but it is true that the sim
cere and devoted Socialists i'll this country
have no more real effect than their brethren
have in Europe OH warfare 1t may be that
the complete returns will show growth in
the Socialist vote. and that many scholarly
thesis will be written on that theme. But
the bald fact will remain that the political
party in Germany with more adherents than
any other the Social Democrat, conse-
Grated in opposition to war, yet unable or
unwilling to stand up against war when war
came And the fact will also remain that
in the United States, as in England, socialism
is more the diversion of the "intelectuals"
than it is the gospel Of the working class
without whose support socialism is merely
a theory
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
FIREARMS AT THE UNITED
STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
Ono of the Day, Best Cartoons

WASHINGTON. D. c.. November g.
Specimens Of military and other forms
OF firearms from England, France
Russia. japan. Germany and many 9TH
er countries, are now to be seen In the
small-nrms exhibition of tho United
states National Museum. The exhibits,
includes some 1.400 Individual pieces
and comprises probably tho best gen
eral collection in the United States
considering that there are represented
examples OF military rifles. pistols and
revolvcrs. sporting shotguns and rifles,
target rifles and pistols, and numerous
old and unusual pieces relating to the
development of firearms.
Although the discovery of gunpowder
Is attributed by some to China, there Is
no positive evidence that the Chinese
ever made use OF It. At an early pc
fireworks. accounts OF which came
through Persia. Egypt and the Moorish
countries In Southern Europe but gun
powder for use in firearms, II Is be-
licvod. originated in Italy, Spain or
Germany. While cannon of n sort
were built in tho early part of the
fourteenth century, hand firearms
were slow to be adopted on account OF
their unreiiability, and Il was not until
about 1881 that they are known to have
appeared In Germany. whilo Europe In
general did not take them up until the
ol INC nltccntn whGn
they became known as hand cannon.
The earliest form of hand gun was
crude AFFAIR. fired by the application
of burning match 10 the touchhole
The first Improvement was the mount
ing OF the match on Il springless lock
or cock, which later. upon the addition
of spring. became known as the
match lock. Examples OF this early
weapon from India. China. Afghanis-
tan. Japan. Formosa. Arabia, Morocco
and Mexico are In the museum col
lection.
The next development was the wheel
lock gun, about 1916 or 1917. fired by
spark struck on pyritcs by rough
ened wheel revolvcd by "A spring. Speci-
mems of this type OF gun and pistol
from Greece, Germany and England arc
also to DO seen In the museum exhibit.
a form OF flint-loclo called the snap
nance. followed in 1910. This subs,i-
tuted. in place OF the wheel. lock.
which held In It's jaws a piece of py-
rites, and when released hit the cover
Of the pan. striking spark. which ig-
nited the charge Of powder. a pair OF
pistols OF this type from Constantine
pie illustrate the principle we'll. Furth-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
AMATEUR GYpsII.s

Oh for the summer again and the bliss of IT.
Back to the road, love- and just you and me
Night and Its breath and the Joy and tho kiss
OF it
Gypses and lovers and drcamcrs are we.
All of the of the home and the fret
of ii
Left with the heat and the dust OF the street
Out on the road. and the joy that we get OF it
Beckons and strengthens the wings of our
feet
Glow OF the fire in the dusk and the gieam of
it;
Scent Of the pines and the runes of the night;
Musk OF the blooms by the road and the dream
of II
Tanglcs the with its witching delight
Mansions prisons: Oh, what do we care for
them?
Night with the whispering winds at our tent
Never day nor an hour can we spare for
them
Under the stars and the broad Armament!
Chill of the, autumn. All, then wen return
again
Bees to the hive when the howcrs arc dead
Bright In our home then the fires will all burn
again,
Watchnres of love till the winter be fed!
--Will Eisenbee, in Ainalee's Magazine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER S. 1914.
are served together with unfntlinE rcEu-
larity in the best Homes of Rtchmond.
In your morning program complete!
War Notices

n ERNlANY'S fighting slogan is: "Deutsch-
NJ land, Deutschland uDer Alles!" Comes
the London Times with display advertising
page. i'll the centre of which appears Brit
aims Motto: Business as Usual! Rather
callous that. of Britain and the Times, while
so many people are starving in Holland and
Belgium. We much prefer the German so-
gan 1t means something. There is sent-
ment and love of country in it.
The United States might adopt similar
slogan, if we wished to be frank, however
much Britain's line may shock us st. Louis
is selling horses to Germany at from 5000
to $500 Il head. More than $S.OO0.OOO
worth OF clothing, truck, horses, harness and
canned food has been bought for the armies
from Chicago Wisconsin is making lot of
money out of wars necessities, and oklahoma
City alone has European orders for 10000
900 pounds of canned meats. Orders for
dry salt pork exceed the visible supply.
We're doing fine, in the way OF business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
SONGS AND SAWS
"A New Hahn in t:,len,,.

NEW YORK, November CA new form
OF twilight sleep for aching toeth was ex.
planned to-day By DIR. r. Kendric Smith at
the Convention OF the New York Osteo-
pathie Society. All that Is necessary to stop
the pain of an aching incison or bicuspid is
OF the hand on the slide which holds the
ache.-Nsws note
Come all We toothache victims sore
And gather close to me-
The while l show exactly how
From pain you may be free.
Just press the second thumb Joint hard
And breathe n simple prayer,
And in lamb-tairs single shake
That pain will not be there.
Or, IL by some i'll chance you find
a pain affiicts your ear
And you have sought in divers ways
To mako II disappear,
Just press n middle finger Joint
And cuss cuSS or two
That pain Will emulate the love
That out the window flow.
And so with ache in eye or nose,
And likewise in the chin.
Just find tho proper joint and press
Till sweet relief you win.
But IL tho pain should still persist
In chin. or eye. or nose.
Why, cut the fingers out awhile
And start upon your toes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
Another Way to Clean Up Richmond

NDER Mayor Ainslie'S proclamation, set
~ ting aside tomorrow and the three days
following Fire Prevention Days." the
Street Cleaning Department will be occupied
during this period in removing trash and
other debris that citizens have been urged
to collect from their cellars and other places,
where the presence of such combustihles is
IL constant menace Of serious conflagrations
That is laudable and important work
highly essential to the security of the city
and to its at least partial insurance against
destructive fires. 1t is to be hoped that there
will be such universal response to the Mayors
appeal that the Street Cleaning Department
will be kept exceedingly busy for the whole
four days in the discharge OF this special
duty.
But. after the four days have Sped will it
not be possible for the department to do
little more in the removal of dust and dirt
from the city streets?
There is no use mincing words about this
matter, or Of performing the ostrich trick of
sticking our head in the sand, however ap-
pealingly the condition of the streets may
entice to the performance of that exploit
The fact is that Richmond streets are dis
graceful to any modern and progressive
municipality. Even in the business and most
prominent residence sections the streets are
rarely clean, and in less imposing quarters
they are literally filthy. The street cars
suck up much dust in their journey
through the town that to ride in them is
acutely disagreeahle.
Richmond owes 1t to herself that these
conditions do not continue If the fault is
with the Street Cleaning Department, it
should be brought to task If the fault lies
i'll inadequate appropriations, that deficiency
should be remedied. For city to he dirty
is as destructive to proper civic pride as is
a similar bodily status in the case of an
individual.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

, the survivors of the first when thcy
too were torpedoed.
The loss of these vessels has had no
more effect on the result of the war.
than tho reported capture of n German
acroplane By British submarine No
one would seriously advocate subma-
rlnes as proper weapon TO use against
neroplanes, but 1t is, nevertheless, re-
ported that an aeroplane which had
2.ighted on the water was captured by
submarine which emerged close at
hand.
"The ideal conditions for a submarine
attack. consist in finding the enemy
mottoniess in the water; then and only
then can the submarine hope for sue
cess. But even so the odds are against
Tho submarine ii proper precautions
arc taken, as is shown by the actions
OF the allied sea forces, which have
leen Smelling the German flank for
several days. These vessels havcr been
operating in q very restricted area for
some time, certainly sufficiently long
for Il group of submarines to proceed
against them from any German port.
Their position has been known to av-
erybody and 1t would appear an ideal
chance for few submarines to either
destroy them or TO drive them off, But
nothing Of the sort has happened. These
ships have been left unmolested to
tl.arass the German flank, to prevent
their approach to the coast, and to
enfilade.their trenches for several miles
inland. They are small vessels Of such
low speed that they could not escape
from n submarine If attacked.
IF the submarine is all that Its adj
mirers believe, 1T is Uncomfortable why
these vessels have been left to inter-
ferc so seriously with the major OPP
erations OF the German army. The fact
that they have been so unmoIested
on an open coast testifes to the power
of the British fleet to protect itself
against all forms of attack.
The war Is only at it's beginning yet,
and many lessons may be learned, be-
fore It's finish, but so far. nothing has
occurred to encourage the belief that
the submarine is supreme; on the con-
trary, 1t Is losing prestige daily. Many
factors tend to make the submarine
popular as Il means of defense-the ST.
'lence and mystery of it's movements,
the tremendous power of It's blows,
the almost limited field for imagination
among those who know leas. OF its
powers and shortcomings. the always
human sympathy for the little fellow
the David against Goliath--all touch a
chord In the popular fancy. But the
hard facts demonstrated by three
months of war show that out of 900
submarines operating in waters OF
Very restricted extent. the results ncr
icomplished have been practically nil