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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
SCHOOLS.
McGuire's
University School
y RICHMOND, VA.
OPPOSITE WILLIAM BYRD PARK
RICHMOND. VA.
LOWER SCHOOL FOR LITTLE

RICHMOND. VA.
LOWER SCHOOL FOR LITTLE
BOYS.
The f1ftieth session will open Sep.
TENDER II, 1914. In the new school.
house adjoining William Byrd Park,
OF about ESQ acres. The building,
equipped with the most approved.
modern single desks and furniture,
is heated and ventilated by the
American System" the system most
highly recommended by school ar
chitects and sanitary engineers.
The location OF the school Is un-
surpassed. Opposite the public play
ground at Byrd Park, II is in easy
walking distance of the western resi-
dence district, convenient to all car
lines, only fifteen minutes from Fifth
and Main Streets.
Catalogue by mail OF at book
stores. Principal at 1913 West Ave-
nue.. Phone Madison 174.
JOHN P. MCGUIRE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
iinE futures ranged rs follows:
Nnn,~
CATTLE MARKETS.

Chicago, ~. October Hogs. lower; bulk
s, sMss 55g.soO lEnk isoaSS mixed
SID, pics. sf50@s.oo; Cattle. steady: bceves
feeders, S5.a5Tss35: cows and heifers 81 toTi
500; calves. s7.joUslL25. Sheep. steady;
sheep; S'5as'oo: year!ings. s5.5ogS6.4o: lambs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
Citizcna to Meet.

A regular meeting or the Woodland
Heights Citizens Association will be
held tonight In the Woodland Heights
Baptist Church. Important business
will be transacted. and all members
are requested 10 be present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
NAVAL STORES

Savannah Ga, October 7.-Turpcntine nomi-
nal: iIis; no sales: receipts, 23S casks; ship
ments 10 casks; stock, 26,i5s casks Ros!n
nominal; no sales: receipts. 6J5 barrels: ship
quote: y. y, SO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKETS.

Chicago. October Wheat to-day closed
unsettled al the same last night to &c
up. Corn gained AI% to hifSc net. and
oats kn% to sc. In provisions the outcome
varied from ioc decline to a rise OF c0c
Cash grain closed: whent-No. red.
sl05ssaiSi 06i.: No. hard. Si.o5S Gl.o6Is. Corn
No. yellow. 1?Mc, Oats-Standard, A6H6D
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
SCHOOLS CHG Q,
The Virginia Randolph
Elicit School
OPENS SEPTEMBER -.
posite Monroe Park. X ID. Laurel 9

(Number pupils llmited.)
Beginning with tho House OF Child
hood (NIontessori Method,. and cof]
tinuing through preparatory work q
college entrance. Bryn Mawr examinr'
Vassar. Miss CoSan received Madam
Montessori Diploma. Miss Maria Bla}
will lecture twice'a week. Twenty en-
TO little girls. No extras. Address MIS-
T. LETT. IA n. Laurel st. For informa
tic IT catalogue. address MIR. HUGJ
S. Z ,. p. O. Box 702. \
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
Refused to Move q,

Refused to Move On.
Emmett Mesco was yesterday fined SIS
and costs iii the Police Court for re-
fuslng to move when ordered to do so
by the police.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08

AUCTION sALEs-Future Days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08

New York. October T-Mercantilc paper.
SUD-. Sterling exchange. firm: for cables.
tp675a $685. for demand. si9S756si966. Bar
silver, h2ie. Exchanges. 500. So. o02: balances.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02

book are of interest. We find on the
inside of the cover an advertisement
of 100 Holstein Friesian cattle by the
Houghton farm, Putney, VT There is
one by o. Thayer of Guilford, breeder
of Shorthorns, and the Vermont Farm
Machine company heralds the fact that
there are two cooperative creameries
in Windham county using the Cooley
apparatus, one in Wilmington and one
"A Jacksonville.
Some firms represented seem to have
gone out of business, among them J.
X. Pierce & Co, flour. meal and feed !:
Tyler mill, back of The Reformer of
flee, connected with telephone this is
the only concern advertising in this
medium that mentions the telephone) !;
Pratt, Wright < Co, dealers in ready
made clothing.
s. G. BROWN.
Brattleboro, Vt, Feb. 2, 1914.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
CAPTAIN JOHNSON
BLAMES NANTUCKET
Skipper of the Wrecked Monroe Has
Filed Libel Claiming S1,00o,-
900 Damages.

Capt. E. +. johnson of the steamer
Monroe, declaring that the loss of his
vessel was due TO the carelessness of
the commander. of the steamer Nan
tucket, filed libel against the Nan
tucket late Saturday at Norfolk, Va,
claiming s 100000 damages. Action
was filed in the United States district
court and papers served on officials OF
the Merchant and Miners Transports
tion company, owners of the Nantucket,
at Norfolk and Baltimore. In his com
plant, Capt. Johnson alleges that the
Monroe was proceeding at half speed,
or less, before the accident and had
laid to after hearing fog whistles. He
says the Nantucket came upon them at
such speed that "a collision was unavoid-
able. although he had then ordered his
ship ahead at full speed, to avoid the
blow.
The Nantuck et locked in Baltimore
Yesterday. la written report TO the
officials of the Mere ants and Miners
Transportation company, Capt. Berry
said that while the Nantucket was on
her usual course fog signals of a vessel,
afterward found to be the Monroe,
were reported ahead. The fog was low
! lying and at times clearer than others.
( The fog signals of the Nantucket were
sounding at regular intervals. The fog
/ signal of the Monroe was again heard
ana this time on the Nantucket s port
/ bow. The next whistles heard from the
Monroe were two blasts which indicated
that the Monroe was trying to pass the
4 Nantucket starboard to starboard, con
/ tIary to the rule.
Capt. Berry said that in an endeavor
to Noid collision with the Monroe
the Nantucket 5 helm was hard-a ported
to keep 10 the right, but the Monroe
proceeded at full speed and tried TO
cross the bow of the Nantucket She
succeeded in getting partly past tine
= Nantucket s stem when the vessel S col
lided, the Nantucket S stem striking the
Monroe 5 starboard bow forward of the
pilot house almost at right angles.
The Monroe passed under such great
speed. according 70 Capt. Berry's re
port, that the stem Of the Nantucket
was bent sharply toward her starboard
; side ana the Nantucket slowed around
50 that her port side was scraped 10y
the Monroe, crushing one Of the Nan
tucket 5 port boats The Monroe pass
t ell on out Of sight. At the time of tn,
G collision the Nantucket 5 engines wert
/ running full speed astcrn and had beer
: so running for some time previous L
; the collision.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
REFORMATORY AT
VERGENNES BURNED
One Hundred and Thirty Boys Made
Homeless by Firo Saturday-Loss
Is $4,000.

Nearly 1870 boys, whose ages range
from 10 10, were made homeless Sat
urday by a fire that destroyed the
main building of the Vermont indus
trial school, a reformatory institution
of which they were inmates, at Yer
gennes.
Although not organized for system
attic fire fighting, the boys worked val
iantly and through their efforts prac-
ticallv all the contents of the building
were removed before the flames could
reach them. The loss is about $40, 600.
The fire, which is believed to have
been caused by 4 spark from an cleo
trio wire ignitiug gasoline, originated
in the tower of the north wing of the
building, worked downward and spread
to the south wing. Low pressure ham
pered the firemen.
The structure was of brick. three
stories in height. 1t contained dor
mitory, dining room, kitchen, execu-
tive building and chapel. The smaller
buildings of the school were not en-
dangered.
! None of the boys or their keepers
was injured, although a thick snow
storm and falling temperature caused
them considerable discomfort The
lads are kept on their honor at al
times. and none attempted to leave
ithe grounds while the fire was burn
ing. They were given temporary lodg
ings in the city hall.
The school was formerly located a
Waterbury, but the buildings ther,
We're destroyed by fire in 1871. an,
the institution was transferred to Yer
gennes, finding q location on the bank
of Otter Creek on the grounds former
~ occupied by the United States al
senal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN

nowadays are entering the professions
or business world and go TO work dav
after day in bad health, afflicted with
some female ailment, dragging one feof
YEARLY after the other, working with
an eye on the clock, and wishing FOR
closing time 10 come.
Women in this condition should take
Lydia J.. Pinkham = Vegetable Com
pound. made from roots and herbs. 1t
has brought health and happiness to
more women in America than anv
az her remedy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
WARM OVERSHOES

Save cold feet. You never can tell
when you will be caught with another
cold snap like the one we have Just
passed through. When your feet are
warm you are warm all over. When
your feet are cold and wet You en-
danger your health. / have a dandy
line of overshoes, some of them fleece
lined and some not. They are the
warmest covering for shoeclad feet
that can be made C. l.. Kaye, shoeist,
Elliot street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
Small Return in Vermont.
THERE is GOING TO BE

\ lot more of snow to shovel this win
ter and we have the shovels in most
any size or style and at different prices
Even the best of shovels viii wear out
but we have those that stand the wear
and tear about as we'll as iron. steel
and wood can be made TO do it. This
winter wears some on coal shovels, too.
We have numerous varieties Of that
breed of muscle exerciser Melen
Hardware Co, Main street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
THE GREATEST MARDowN

In the history of the furniture and
house furnishing business in Brattle
boro is now in progress AT the store of
Emerson & Son because we must reduce
as much as possible our immense stock
before moing to our new building on FL
lot street about March i. We intend to
have almost an entire new stock in the
new store and to do that we are moving
orr old one at unheard of prices.
Emerson & Son Main street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
NOT A BIT OF DAMAGE

Was done me or my business by the
fire that destroyed the Grange block
and it's contents, for my place of bust
ness was in the next building and ]
moved all of my stock of materials
for my tailoring business before there
was any chance for the smoke or wa
ter to injure them. / am just as busy
as ! ever was making the finest suits
of men 5 clothing to be bought in
Brattleboro. w. II. Haigh, merchant
tailor, Elliot street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
ONCE IN A WHILE

Someone in the family decides that
one room must have new wall paper.
We do not have the chance to make
that decision but afte- it is made we
an help those who do make it in a
further decision as to what wall paper
shall be put on. Furthermore we can
and do put it on and put it On right.
Hertzberg Bros, High street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
THE WEATHER CHANGES

Bring on hard colds that are hard to
combat Chills are frequently prom
inent symptom with them. A hot water
bag or bottle placed in the bed with
a patient helps materially. In fact
there ought not to be house in which
such a useful article is not to be found
when wanted. Wilfred +. Root, phar-
maeist, has a complete assortment Of
the very best makes of hot water con.
tainers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
FLOWER OF FLOURS.

Why do you waste your time and
money experimenting with questionable
brands of flour. When we assure you
beyond doubt that Queen of the
Kitchen Flour will give you the most
pleasing results. 1t is the flour of
fours, made of a blend of choice
wheats. Cost "A little more than the
ordinary brands but it is worth all IT
costs and then some. The Valley Grain
90
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
oNE-HALF THE USUAL PRICE

Is what is marked on everything in
my stock. This means that where
lose my customers win. In my stock
are several very fine tailored hats from
one of the best houses in the country
and | have few very pretty dress
hats. OF course there are untrimmed
hats in velvet, velour. felt and beaver
and everyone Of them is included in
this special sale Mrs q. II. Smith,
millinery, 50 Main street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH

On hand to fill every sweet tooth in
town but as we are making candy ev
cry day we feel that we can keep up
with the demand. If we cannot there
is such thing as working overtime
and before having anyone suffer for
the want of the best candy that can
be made we viii put in even more time
than we are doing. Such a variety,
too. Those caramels we make have no
superior in any market. A. f. Miller,
candy kitchen, Main street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
LARGE PIKE TAKEN
FROM LOCAL WATERS
Female Caught in West River Weighed
Over Ii Pounds-Cthers Ranged
from IL to Over Is Pounds.

Some Of the largest pike ever taken
from local waters have been caught
within the past few days. One which
Manley Adams pulled through the ice
on West river attracted much attention
IN the window of Robbins & C0wles s
store Saturday night. 1t weighed n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
THE GREATEST MARKDOWN.

You can get AT restaurant is good
wholesome food, served promptly on
tables that are clean and by mattresses
who are neat That 5 the only kind of
n bargain that Hoadley gives and, con
sidering the quality and quantity of
food the prices are bargain prices and
no mistake. This cafe is always open
on Main street near the bridge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
1T MAKES NO DIFFERENCE

To us whether You have all of your
laundry work done outside or only a
part of it, 1t makes no difference to
us whether it is fiat pieces or collars
or fine waists, we have the machinery
and the people who know how to work
it and we send out only laundry work
that has been properly done. Brattle-
horo Steam Laundry 10 Flat Street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN

Our display of valentines, the finest in
this entire section, it is time TO come
IN and make your selections. Even
such a large stock as we have of the
daintiest sort OF little mementoes of
this anniversary, is rapidly depleted.
Do not put off making your selections
too long or you will be obliged to take
what is left. w A. Adams, PARK
building
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
Asks Complaints Dismissal.

The defendants therefore ask that
this complaint against them be dis
missed.
This complaint was really brought by
r. A. Cook of Lyndonville and Warner
y. Graham of Bellows Falls, who last
summer were appointed special counsel
to investigate telephone rates and ser
vice in the state. They reported that
the rates were unreasonable and recon-
mended a reduction of Approximately
~ per cent in both local and ton
rates.
The commission issued an order of
notice calling upon the companies to
appear and show cause why the sched-
ule of rates as proposed by the
eomplainants should not be adopted.
The report of Messrs. Cook and
Graham was not offered in evidence
but was treated merely as a complaint
1t is not specifically referred to in the
| brief but it's allegations were met in
! the testimony presented in behalf OF
the telephone companies.
| The brief defends the traffic con
/ tracts with subsidiary and independent
connecting companies on the inter
change Of toll business and points ou
that these companies ''are getting tn.
cream of the toll business and the New
England company stands the loss'' Thi
is because of the fact that although
the New England company provide
the long toll lines, the connecting com
) panles get q percentage of all the toll
on messages passing over these line
but originating in the exchanges of tn
local companies.
As to dividends paid, the brief say
The New England company as a Who'll
; shows a return of only AGO per cen
, since its organization in 1883, o
! including surplus, 5.15 per cent; tina
r the Champlain Valley paid no dividend
, until 1912, when it declared pc
cent dividend, and Az per cent i
1913; that the Passumpsic company ha
never paid a dividend on its commo
stock, and that on its preferred it pal
0 nothing until 1912, when it paid p.
: cent, and two dividends of - per cet
r each in 1913, passing the third div
b dend; that the Vermont company pal
{ no dividends from 1897 to 1911, whe
b it declared dividends aggregating s.
4 per cent for that year an at the ra
: of per cent in 1922. and that ii
+ Franklin County company has pa
i. dividends varying from to per cel
only sipce 1904.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
AN UNUSUAL DISPLAY

OF Partisan in our window is at
tracing a great deal of attention be
cause the articles are Partisan ivory
not merely white cellulod. This Paris
ian ivory is composition much SUI
perior to celluloid of zylonite, the
Objectionable features being removed
by special and expensive treatment
Vaughan & Burnett, jewellers, Main
ct
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02

tribe over Ii pounds, but was not much
longer than the pike caught farther
down the river which weigh about
four pounds each. Veteran anglers
said that il was a female very heavy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02

with roe. Mr.. Adams caught two other
handsome specimens recently. one
weighing Is IA pounds and the other
IL pounds. and Chester Sargent landed
one weighing Il IL pounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
Telephone Company Brief So
CharacteriZeS the Pro-
posed Reductions
SMALL RETURN ON
VERMONT INVESTMENT
This State Contributes but 239 Per
Cent of New England Co.'s Gross
Observation-Disclosures Emphatically
Disproven by Facts in Case.

In their. brief submitted to the
Public Service Commission, filed Sat
urday, to show cause why an order
should not be issued reducing local
and toll rates, attorneys for the
New England Telephone 4 Telegraph
Company and its four subsidiary com
panies in Vermont, protest that such
an order would be unjust and confis-
catory; that no evidence to support
the allegation that the rates are un-
reasonable has been adduced; and that
the uncontroverted testimony of the
defendants shows that the service in
Vermont is of just as high a standard
as service furnished in other parts OF
it's territory while the rates charged
therefor are as low, IL not lower. than
the rates charged for like service in
other sections.
They further claim that on their
proved investment in the state the net
profit under existing schedules is less
than > per cent for the combined five
companies and less than | per cent FOL
the New England company considered
separately.
The effect of the proposed schedule
they claim, would be to wipe out thei
present small margin of profit an,
leave these five companies with an an
nual operating deficit of over $4,000
which deficit would be increased 70
1914 by some $4,000 resulting from
the increased taxation of these com
panies.
Small Return in Vermont.
In this state the New England Com
pany claims TO have $50 per cent o
It's plant investment, which investmen
contributes only 2.39 per cent of it
gross revenue. In Massachusetts it j
able to get 80 subscribers to the av
erage square mile of territory, Will
IN that section of Vermont operate
by the New England Company it get
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
Forty Yoke of Oxen.

There was a class Of trained oxen
and one of trained steers, with the fol
lowing requirements: Trained cattle
must be exhibited so as to show their
working powers, strength, sprightliness,
management and so forth, for which a
cant and so forth Will be provided;
time Of training, 10 minutes. In the
latter class the boys would show their
skill. The class known as town teams
consisted of teams of not less than 10
yoke, and we have seen four such
teams at one exhibition, making 40
yoke of oxen whose weight would run
from 3400 to AGO to the yoke. This
to the management at that time was
a fine sight, far better than four or
six horses in race. For this purpose
: $25 was set aside, $40 to the first, So
to the second and 81 to the third.
Sheep were classed as to their wool,
coarse and fine, while Southdowns and
their grades were in a class by them
selves. In swine all breeds were put
into one class although the owner or
the committee was requested to name
the breed, also TO note their value for
fattening, early maturity, etc.
. Established in 1916.
q The grounds on which this fair was
I held were situated directly east OF
:. Newfane village, distance of about
7 one mile and nearly to the banks OF
: West river Before the coming of the
r railroad people did not mind the diff
n ficulty of getting to the grounds as
: they could be approached from the
:, road that follows the river, but com
a ing in ON the cars and walking Over
= the hill a mile with not any too goo,
/. a road, the misfortune of bad weather
- for two years in succession with tn,
:, beginning of the Valley fair brought
= the society to a point where it wa'
= obliged to give up the exhibition. Blu
= it was established in 1915 and at thu
= time of the issue of the premium lis
!, at hand had held Al successive fairs
u The Advertisements.
The advertisements in this httl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02
!. SUTHERLAND & co.

Special sale on ladies' ready
garments at discount of one-third to
one-half regular price, and in some
instances less.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-02

Brattleboro, Vt, Feb. 2, 1914.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-01-15
BURYING THE RATCHET.
An Incident of the Celebration at Gettys-
burg last July.

An Incident of the Celebration at Gettys-
burg last July.
To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: Not
long since the writer CHANGED to cone in
possession of few words from the pen
of a veteran who attended the never-to-
be-forgotten Gettysburg reunion of July
IA, 1918. 1t is to be regretted that this
item was not published at that time, so
many friends were expected to see some
word in print from him relative to this
great event. The following brief sketch
voices a sentiment fast gaining ground
in America:
GETTYSBURG, July 2, 1913 Fifty years
ago today there was waged on this bat
tle-field one of the fiercest and bloodiest
battles in history. At this time we are
celebrating with the most cordial and
friendly feelings between Union and
Confederate Veterans the fiftieth ami
versary of that memorable event.
feel confident that in time this sectional
feeling will entirely disappear and We
shall be as brothers under the protecting
folds of "Old Glory" the proudest flag
the sun ever shOne on. Today an incl
dent occurred which verifies this opinion.
Two veterans. one North and the other
South, secured Ratchet and marched
out to the bloody angle where the fiercest
fighting took place, and in the presence
of numberless spectators buried the
weapon there. signifying peace and good
will forever. firmly believe that fu-
ture generations and our posterlty will
hold this ground sacred in memory of
that decisive conflict; will, from time to
time, renew these celebrations and by SO
doing extend the spirit of peace, friend
ship, and prosperity to those who will
live when we shall have passed into his
tory, intensifying the sacredness of this
spot where sleep pumberless heroes who
fearlessly fought for the Union for Right
and for Humanity.
Each State of the Union is here repre-
sented by Monument and Veteran.
A Comrade, ANDREW H. NICKERSON.
East Corinth, Maine.