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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
$70,0o0,0Oo SUIT.
Boston & Maine May Try to Get Money
From New Haven Road

BOSTON, June s. - The Boston
Globe hears that Sherman L. Whipple
of Boston, acting for directors Of the
Boston Maine railroad, may bring
suit for $I0.e00,000 against the direct
ors Of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad to recover losses 10y
the Boston & Maine under New Haven
financing aud management. Mr.. Whip
pie has been discussing the plan Will
both Boston & Maine and New Haven
people. The suit would be brought on
similar grounds to that of the common
wealth against the directors Of the Ma
tional City bank of Cambridge TO re
cover for the losses through George "
| Coleman. This suit was in the Massa
chusetts courts, whereas Mr.. Whippl,
would sue in the federal courts, and i
| is not certain whether the New HaveI
directors would be found legally respon
sible for Boston & Maine losses.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
wooDMEN S MEMORIAL DAY.
Judge E. w. Gibson Gave Address OF
Fraternalism-Gr Decorated.

Brattleboro camp, Modern Woodmen
of America, observed their Memorial
day in Red Men s hall Sunday. Fol-
lowing the regular services a stirring
address ives delivered by Judge E. w.
Gibson on Fraternalsm, speaking gen
orally on the subject and especially on
the plan of holding a Memorial day
each year.
After the services in the hall the
members of the camp escorted Chief
Forester F. A. Champany and his de
gree staff to the different cemeteries
where flowers were placed on the
graves of deceased members.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08

CAPTAIN DESTOUCHES EXPERIMENTING.
this form Of development of the aero
plane In the current Contemporary
Review, in an Gnti-war article, he
says: Were 1 to try to realize what is
meant by the peace of today l should
feel tempted to call it economic war.
Speaking without exact figures, ]
should say that 40 per cent of the out
lay of the various states is absorbed by
the armies and navies which are to
carry on the great campaigns in the
future and by the debts left by the
campaigns of the past
All the best brainwork of the most
eminent men is focused on the effort
to invent new lethal weapons or make
the old ones more deadly. Take the
newest conquest of mantle air.
People can fly today. They have
achieved the triumph at the cost of
the lives of some of the most heroic
individuals of all nations. but how do
they think of applying aviation? They
are obediently following the lead OF
/ their respective governments and en-
/ deavoring to make the airship one o.
\ the most death dealing pieces of mech
4 anism in use, and they may succeed
| for one of the arts in which cultured
nations have made the most progress
is warfare"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
CONVICT ESCAPE STOPPED.
Charles E. Green Had Sawed Bar II
His Cell

WINDSOR, June S.-An attempt by
Charles f. Green, convict at the Yer
mont state prison, to escape was frus-
trated Saturday by a guard, who found
that a bar in his cell had been sawed.
In the cell was found piece of rope
and gas pipe.
1t is supposed that had Green got
out of his cell he would have knocked
down the night hall guard and TIED
him with u rope in order to prevent
any cutlery. Green was sentenced from
Woodstock for burglary, having plead
ed guilty to robbing store in Wind
sor last winter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
THAT TERRIBLE BACKACHE

from which so many women suffer
IS significant of organic trouble. 1t
tells, with other symptoms, such as
headaches, nervousness, and depres-
sion, that nature requires assistance.
For forty years Lydia E. Pinkham Is
Vegetable Compound, simple remedy
made from roots and herbs, has been
the one effective remedy in such
cases. 1t speedily removes the cause
and restores the system to healthy
normal condition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
CHAUFFEUR KILLED.
Frank Cantin Was Driver When Thaw
Was Deported.

NORTH STRATFORD, n. H., June
8.-Frank Cantin, the chauffeur who
drove Harry X. Thaw from Nortons
Mills, Vt, across the state to Cole
brook, n. H., when the Matteawan flu
gitive was deported from Canada last
September, was instantly killed when
an automobile he was operating cap
sized Saturday. Cantin, who was OF
his way from North Stratford to Cole
brook, was travelling alone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
MEMORIAL TO THE WIRELESS OPERATORS

MEMORIAL TO THE WIRELESS OPERATORS
tons for it have been subscribed by
wireless operators inspired by their
admiration for Phillips and the in
domitable courage that he displayed
and for the six other heroes who went
down with their ships as follows:
George G. Eccles, steamship Ohio,
foundered Aug. %, 1909, off Pacific
coast; S. f. Sczepanek, steamship Pere
Marquette, sank in Lake Michigan
Sept. 8, 1910; Lawrence Prudhunt,
steamship Rosencrans, sank off Pa
eific coast Jan. Z. 1913: Donald Camp
bell Perkins, steamship State of Cali
fornia, sank off Pacific coast Aug. IS
1913; Ferdinand ]. Kuehn, steamship
Monroe, sank off Atlantic coast Jan.
80. 1914. The memorial was designed
by Hewitt & Bottomley, New YorB
architects.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
BALLOON ExPLoDEs, 60 HURT.
Some May Die as Result of Accident
at Sezanne France) Fair.

PARIS, June Sixty persons were
injured, several of them probably NOR
tally, by the explosion of balloon at
the annual fair at Sexanne, yesterday.
The balloon had just started to rise
when gust of wind blew it against a
tree, tearing the envelope. The es-
Gaping gas exploded, injuring by
ISLANDERS and wreeking the fair booths
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
ITCHING RASH HEALED
WITH COMFORT POWDER

Miss A. NJ. Lawrence. Trained
Nurse of Flint, Mich, says: II used
Comfort Powder on the back of a man
who was nearly frantic with bright
red itching rash and it gave almost
instant relief and within a week the
rash had entirely disappeared Com
fort Powder is really a healing won
der. "
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
WIRELESS HEROES MEMORIAL
Fountain to Be Erected as Memorial
to Wireless Operators.

A granite fountain, with seats and
cenotaph, will soon be erected in Bat
terry park, New York city, as a me
mortal to Jack Phillips, the wireless
operator who persisted in the wreck of
the Titanic, and six other wireless OPP
orators who died heroically at their
posts. The fountain will be sur
rounded by eyergreens.
Monuments have been erected to the
memory of the many victims of the
Titanic disaster, but among them all
this one is especially interesting be-
cause the majority OF the contribu-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
INVADED BY MILTTANTS.
Services in Two Catholic Churches in
London Disturbed Yesterday.

LONDON, june Sufrragettes in
vaded Roman Catholic churches yester-
day, and created scenes by attempting
to harang congregations. Worship was
disturbed in Westminster cathedral
and the church Of the Oratory, Bromp
ton. Rev. Bernard Vaughan had Just
taken his place in the pulpit in West
minister cathedral during the evening
service when woman rushed up the
steps into another pulpit and waving
her arms toward the altar shriekcd: In
the presence of the blessed sacrament
| protest against the forcible feeding
Of women!'' She was well dressed and
apparently woman of refinement.
The congregation, which was shoe ked
by the woman S actions, rose from
their seats Murmurs of protest at the
sacrilege ran through the edifiee. One
of the women worshipers tried to per
suade the suffraget to descend from thu
nulpit. but she remained there, waving
her arms and yelling incoherently unit
the vergers forcibly pulled her dowr
the steps and led her to the doors o.
the cathedral. There she was turne'
| over to the police. She declined to 9lV'
| her name.
A band of militant suffragetes inter
rupted the midday mass in the churel
Of the Oratory by chanting HGod say
Emmeline Pankhurst and all our nobl
! prisoners; open the eyes of this chure
! and of the priests to put an end to tn
i torture; in the name of the blesse
I Joan of Arc, hear them in their hou
: of need.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08

FOR SAIE-Doors. windows, frames,
blinds, hard pine timber; all kinds Of
roofing, woven wire fencing, barbed
wire and metallic fence posts, buggies,
dump carts, express wagons, hacks, sur
rics, one new two-horse low down
spring wagon, one rubber tired low
down trap, extra nice. Charles Miner,
Rrattleboro S2-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08
A MANS PREFERRED

creditors should be his wife and chill
dren, and they are when protected by
life insurance No doubt whatever
about it. National Life ms. Co, Of
vt. (Mutual.) - EARLE S. KINSLEY,
General Agent, Rutland VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08

FOR SALE-A bargain in new 3
room house on Oak Grove Ave, LIST
floor quartcrcd oak, 2d floor birch,
modern eEeryway, with electric lights.
Can beat this for the money. Come
and see it. Nm. G. Horton S Agency,
III Main ST. Sl-S6
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-08

And most of our tragedies look like
comedies to our neighbors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
overheard to help those ciinging to the
wreckage. but many of the men were
seen to sink"
U. S. Navy Men Say Autumn
Fogs Now Favor Submarines

Washington. Oct 16.-The sinking OF
the British cruiser Hawke by Ger
man submarine attracted particular at
tention in naval circles here, following
as it did the loss Of several other
British warships in the same manner.
In no perceptible degree, however, have
these disasters weakened the convlc-
ton of the senior American naval Off
cors that the battleship is still the
ideal naval weapon of offence and de-
fence. 1t is admitted, though, that
where submarines can be operated IN
der conditions such as obtain IN the
late fall and winter season in the North
Sea they are capable of working great
harm to a blockading fleet.
The thick fogs that arc to be. eX-
pected at this season IN Northern
waters, the numerous coastal islands,
with their deep channels aifording easy
refuge and hiding places for the. sub
marines. and the protection which the
submarine bases enjoy through the eN-
tensive mine field planted by the Ger
mans arc declared by the experts here
to make conditions ideal for the en-
ployment of submarines.
II was suggested. however, that the
british probably would find some com
pensation in the dense North Sea togs
bv utilizing them to mask their cut
ting out" operations against the Ger
man mine field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
BIG BRITISH SECRET
TO SURPRISE KAISER
War Office Aided by Censorship,
Says Blythe, in on Olympic
Morgan at Pier.

The White Star liner Olympic. with
966 passengers, arrived here last night
from Glasgow. She was expected to
dock this morning, but having made a
quick run from Scotland, arrived in
time to land her passengers, docking at
$3.50 D. m.
Samuel G. Blythe. the writer, who
had been in London and Belgium, said
that the time had come for all GORE
spondents to return home, as the cen'
5orship abroad was so strict that 1t wa3
not alone hard to get news, but almost
impossible to send it when obtained.
He said ne believed the British War
Office had big surprise to spring upon
the Germans. and that secrecy and
strict censorship were necessary.
T.. C. Grenfell, the London represent
alive Of the Morgan interests, came
over on the Olympic. He was fellow
traveller with Robert Bacon, former
Morgan partner and at one time Amer
lean Ambassador to France. Both men
were met at the pier by j. P. Morgan.
Among others on board were Thomas
Fortune Ryan, j. J. Van Allen, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Brown Potter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed A. Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. William
r. Grace and Mr.. and Mrs. Rodman
Wanamaker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
FIND GERMAN FORT
INLONDON SUBURB
% of Kaiser's Subjects Ar
rested in Heavy Con
crete Building.

London. Oct. IS. The police have
found at Willesden. a suburb TO the
northwest OF London, building occu-
pied by Germans, with foundations and
roof Of heavy concrete. They arrested
twenty-five Germans on the premises.
The premises were being used by
c. G.. Roeber. a German music pub
Usher, as factory. The police laid
their plans and conducted a successful
raid in large force they surrounded
the building and then entered it and
took into custody twenty-five German
subjects. The factory is of one story.
Within they found very thick concrete
foundations, and it was discovered
that the roof also was OF concrete and
between three and four feet thick.
The site Of this factory at Willesden
commands several important railroad
functions.
The Paris premises of this same firm
were blown up recently on orders
issued by the French government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
AMERICANS PASS
SIGNED BY KAISER
Irwin S. Cobb and J. 7. NC
Cutcheon Tell of Ger
mans Kindness.

London. Oct. i6.-Irvin S. Cobb and
John r. McCutcheon. the war CORE
spondents. have arrived in London from
Germany via Holland. They said that
thew had been at the front with the
German army in the west under tne
protection of a special pass signed by
the Kaiser and escorted by Captain
Alfred Mannesmann, of the GeneraI
Staff. who had been detailed TO act az
their guide. While at the front they
met and were entertained by General
Won Heeringen and General con Ihewl'
but only after they had promised that
where these meetings took place ana
under what particular circumstance
would not be revealed for month
Mr.. Cobb said:
"As far as ] know, Mr.. McCutcheon
and are the only correspondents VINO
have been at the front with the Ger
man forces. No influence was brought
to bear to make us write with a Ter
man bias. We told Captain Names
mann that what we thought was OF no
consequence, that we were intent upon
seeing clearly and writing about only
what we saw for neutral papers in a
neutral country. What ! wrote and
sent to America through Holland was
not censored, and one wireless dis
patch TO a Philadelphia newspaper was
sent as | wrote it under an agreement
that it was to go in no other way.
at was when the German authorities
seemed to realize that the war was be
ing waged in the press of neutral coun-
tries almost entirely by their enemies
that we became persona grat&
Shortly before that we had been ar
rested six miles from Maubeuge while
making our way on foot to the battle
going on at that place. For time we
were informed at Aix-la-Chapelle. Then
came the welcome attentions which
made right front possible.
ain all my travels in the theatre oil
war | have seen no atrocities commit
ted by either side. | have seen mer
/ led away TO execution, but only aftel
the rough and ready justice OF drum
head court martial had been admins
tered. Germany is full of stories Of
/ German Red Cross nurses slashed by
Belgians, but | saw nothing such "a
would prove these charges, and i Wis
tied hospitals looking for such cases.
"The German people, as a whole, are
cheerful and confident. They are sub
scribng to the war loan generously
they are proud Of their army, which is
a magnificent, inspiring fighting ma
chine. and they are not being elatec
with false news, for it seems that the
German press bureau has minimized
rather than exaggerated. on the princi
pie that thus no explanations are al
terward necessary.
/ After our first arrest we were treat
ed with the utmost courtesy by the
military authorities, and never had any
/ difficulty in explaining what we wantec
10 do and why we wanted to do 1t. Al
/ German officers under fifty speak Eng
lish with easy and correct iuency, bu'
sometimes you find veteran Of the
Franco Prussian War who does not
Hatred in all classes of Germans is
greater against England than against
either France or Russia, and one some
times hears that Germany is fighting
Russian barbarism, French hatred anC
English perfidy."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17

Tondon to-day from Paris on Dis ""'
70 New York. He says: ,,r,
"The inhabitants of Paris are Ie.u;
inc nv hundreds, and with char ac.sltiI,
,ic s French r. adaptability have apparently
yrown used even TO aeropiahe nuio
last Sunday saw scores oil pe sSI oS
Look up nj the aeroplanes' w y1,ca
dropped eighteen bombs ana k rhe.,
S Savp pneople and injured fifteen. Iney
inst shrugged their shoulders snd
yalked on. The Bots de Boulogns a III
,be place de POpera were crowded WIN
P' "TTbe man in the street believes tne
Germans will never return to the en-
virons OF Paris, and an attempt ~
hoino made TO revive the normal faris
ijfs of business and pleasure. Maxim
=; r. tho only place whore people can DC
fornd dining and it empties itself AZ
a o'clock. The Ritz Hotel Is half flled
Win wounded, but few gather. there
IN a lonely state every day for lunch
CON Most Of the Americans are coming
oyt Of the city, although there arc
some who say they will stick it out for
reasons of business or love OF al
venture. All my horses have been
taken by the French government"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
BELGIAN QUEEN
CHEERING TROOP
Is with King Albert VII.
Army and Will MOI
Leave Him.

Havre, Oct. re- Queen Fl;,..
the Belgians IL with her bp,h.aays's n
headquarters Of the Belgian ar. : 2,
- his constant companion. ,res.. ~
Ming Albert approaches N, VS.
To encourage and direct hjs ts ~
VI. Huysmsns, Belgian Mini..
state, IN announcing the shov.
to-day, added that King Az. ~
showing great stoicism and ,hs, 4 ~
Elizabeth was sharing his re- 't
giving an example of di0nitvp sW y
age worthy Of classic tlmes SUI 's9
Abiding to the presence in H..
virtually the entire diploms,is =
assigned TO Belgium, Mr. HIM. is
said. "''sf'a
The representative Of The H..
States and Spain. carrying a., Ns ~
special mission, remained in a.. ~
ed territory. These and tho ys,. u'a''
atives Of all civilized countries 's',as
nize the legality Of the Belgian 49,. a.'os'
ment in exercising its soyereisnttvy 49,, W
French territory" 90" ''''
The French Minister 10 Rsl.;.
using a new seal for mis- ofe;si 49,. i.
ments which reads: "Ieo.s,,sa 'e..
France attached 10 the Belgian On. 2
ment at Havre." The Belgian go
ment has exclusive use Of ons $50, ....
Office and a telegraph Office in w ~
Belgian stamps are being u,ss -
France.
This usually sombre port {,
brilliant with French, Belgian an5 ~, ~
ish uniforms. The streets are s,a ~
ed with horse drawn eQuipaes, -,
automobiles. The members Of H. 4.
lomatic corps are lodged in one Of K.
hotels Of the city. I"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
LONDON EXCHANGE
SOON TO REOPEN
Continued from page l

declared we were taken unawares. and
had to adopt extreme measures. | con-
slider, however, that we are now ready
TO weather any storm. The moratorium
ends in about three weeks, but we do
not expect any trouble then. We have
been preparing against that time.
There is lot of gold in London at
present. and the government will pro-
tect those who are unable to pay their
debts maturing on November where
they in turn have debts owing them
from Germany, Austria and other coun-
tries where there are moratoriums and
debts have been and still are unpaid.
The end of the moratorium in England
will find financial conditions almost as
they were before the war. The accept
ing houses are accepting freely and &C
counts are being literally extended"
Concerning the matter of America 5
debt 20 Great Britain and the ways OF
paying it. Sir George said:
"My estimate, which is not final, is
that the balance in favor of Great Brit
ain is from 940,O0O,OOO to G5O,0OO 900
My hnal estimate VIII be based upon
an examination of conditions here dur,
ing the last week or ten days, while
have been travelling"
"Will England insist on gold in pay
ment of American Indebtedness
abroad?" he was asked.
"My answer to that is that you, as {
great and wealthy nation, are just a:
anxious to pay your debts as we are t
/ have you pay them. Your cotton ex
ports at this season in normal time.
| would pay the large balance agains
you. The cotton situation is therefore
/ one of the important matters ! want u
/ take up while | am here.
Opening of the Liverpool cottor
market will, of course, wait on tn,
opening of the New York and New Or
leans markets. We expect your marke
will soon be under way. The free move
ment of cotton will. of course, facili
tate the payment of American indebted
ness abroad"
In the matter Of discounting bill
Sir George said that there had been NJ
discriminating in London agains
American paper, except in the case o
banking houses with German connec
tiOns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
Few Belgians Remaining
Are Mostly Old Men,
Women and Children.
EX-BURGOMASTER'S
HOUSE is LOOTED
Foreigners Forbidden to Leave
City, Where Water Supply
Is Still Cut Off.
IRr cnhle 10 nc TrIbune. J

London. Oct. 1.-THE Daily Chron-
icle" correspondent at Amsterdam 'e'e-
graphed last night:
The German efforts to induce the
refugees to return to Antwerp are
meeting with but little success, as Bur
gomaster Frank advises them to walt
twelve days while he endeavors 10
make favorable terms for them.
The negotiations will take place at
Brussels, where a party Of refugees
all over fifty years old, has already
cone to consult with the military gov
ernor.
Only $4,000 OF the original inhabit'
ants. more than 100000, are left IN
Antwerp. and these are mostly old men
and women and children. .o r.
Antwerp is being held by lo,ooO DER
mans. including a large contingent Oh
sailors. So far there have been no eN-
cesses in the city, but the house OF eX-
Burgomaster de Vos has been pun
dered, whether by roughs or soldiers
is unknown. "a.
Before the Germans entered the city
a huge supply Of grain was safely SEM
away. ,,..,.
There Is not a Belgian soldier now
left in Belgium. Those who escaped
10 France have Joined the Allies.
Communication between Antwerp ana
Brussels is maintained by motor car
service only, the railways still being
useless. 80,
Those foreigners who are still IN
Antwerp have been forbidden to leave
but the German order that ALL houses,
in the city must be kept open day and
night has now been withdrawn.
The water supply Of the city is stIll
cut off and there are no trolley cars
rmnninc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
HOSTAGE IS FREED
TO RAISE WAR LEVY
LRr cahle 10 no TrIbune !

Maestricht. oct. II (Delayed).-M VI.
Houbert. Burgomsster OF Bilsen, IN
Belgian Limbourg, who was arrested
by the Germans, has arrived here. lie
was liberated on condition that ne
would return before October 10. lie
has to pay the Germans S2O,OO0 IN
coin, the amount which Bilsen has been
ordered 10 furniFh as war levy.
If the Burgomaster does not return
his house is TO be destroyed. Nearly
all the members Of the Bilsen Council
were fugitiycs NJ. Houbert called them
together 10 discuss the situation. They
were of the opinion that it would be
utterly impossible to collect more than
onc-hfth Of the required sum in gold
and silver. but the remainder might be
collected in paper. They we're unani-
nous that II would be better to try tc
collect the amount than have Bilsen
plundered and destroyed.