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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-30

vermont main line near MiddleseX VIII
lage, and the other man killed was
struck by Barre and Montpelier sub
urban train on the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad, in Barre, while the man
seriously injured was walking on the
Barre & Montpelier Traction & Power
Co.'S track in Barre.
While walking along the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad track in North
Barre in company with two friends early
Saturday evening. Giuseppe Martini of
Barre street, Montpelier, was struck by
an outgoing passenger train at the en-
trance to the shipping yard Of the
Smith, Whiteomb & Cook shops and was
instantly killed. After being struck and
thrown about eight feet, he lay inside
the rails and the train passed over the
body, which was terribly mutilated by
the undergorks of the locomotive and
car trucks.
The accident happened shortly before
9 o'clock and there were few people on
North Main street at the time. En-
gineer Leckner of the train and the two
companions of the victim were the only
persons in the immediate vicinity to see
the death. As there is bend in the
tracks at that point the locomotive bell
is changed for considerable distance.
Engineer Leckner saw the trio on the
railroad right of way as his train passed
around the curve. Two of the men
"a 4 L. <f - a
third, Martini, seemed to be confused
Thereupon, the engineer blew three shrill
blasts of the whistle and applied the
reverse brakes, but Martini did not get
off the track, and the train could not be
stopped soon enough TO avoid hitting the
man. A few rods beyond, the train
was brought to halt and the trainmen
went back to the scene OF the accident.
DIR. y. II. Woodruff, the city health
officer. was summoned. and later the re-
mains were carried to the Undertaking
rooms of b. w. Hooker & Co. The iden-
tity of the man was not thoroughly es-
tablished until 8 o'clock when friends
of the dead man called at the undertake
ing rooms and gave what little informa-
tion about the fellow they had.
Martini was mason's assistant. He
had been employed for two or three
years in the quarrying district about
East Barre and Websterville, but since
last fall he had been employed on con-
struction work at Windsor. On Friday
evening he returned to Montpelier and
was to enter the employ of John Mig
lierini, the mason contractor. during the
present week. For the purpose of visit
ing friends, Martini came to Barre Sat
urday morning, intending to return to
Montpelier later in the day.
So far as known Martini had no rela-
tives in Vermont, but he has wife and
one child in New York. He was 27 years
of age and was born in Palermo, Italy.
He came TO the United States about
four years ago. He had resided in va
rious stone districts hereabouts, besides
being employed at Windsor for several
months,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-30

The mangled body of man supposed
TO be Patrick Driscoll, aged so, of Keene
n. H.. and well known heresbouts, was
found on the Central Vermont railroad
track Just north of the Middlesex sta
tion Sunday morning, the body having
been run over by at least one train, a
southbound freight. How the man met
his death no one knows. The body was
found hg a Middlesex man who was
walking along the track early in the
morning.
The victims head was crushed badly
on the left side; both feet were COM
pletely severed just above the ankle /;
the right arm was almost cut off; the
brain matter was scattered along the
track; and there were bruises and other
lesser injuries about the body. There
were blood stains on the wall bordering
the track, indicating that the body was
thrown by the train against the wall
and afterwards it had rolled back onto
the track.
After Deputy Sheriff J. F. Hastings of
Middlesex had been called to the scene
and had viewed the body, the remains
were collected by an undertaken, F. H.
Hall of Montpelier, and were brought
to Montpelier yesterday afternoon. At
the undertaking rooms several persons
called and after viewing the remains ex-
pressed their opinion that the body was
that of Driscoll. Mrs. John NJ. Kane of
Ridge street, Montpelier, who is rela-
tive. felt sure it was Driscoll's body,
but her husband was not so sure; and
so il was decided to call Driscoll's broth
er from keene.
The body was that OF man in mid
die life. The head was slightly bald.
His hair was dark brown and he had q
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-30

heavy moustache. The body was fairly
well clothed and the shoes on the sew
cred feet were well made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Is and 10. Boys between IS and 10 will
be available for active service in the
field when they have been trained.
Boys between the ages of II and 10
are to receive special military drill to
enable them to become active soldiers
the moment they attain the age of 16.
In Berlin itself several regiments of
lads between 10 and 90 already have
been formed and similar reports come
from many provincial towns. The min
istries of education in Saxony and 9th
er constituent states of the German
empire are taking identical steps in co
operation with the military authorities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

The scarcity of water in number
of western Massachusetts towns and
cities emphasizes Brattleboro' 5 good
fortune in having an adequate supply.
While the prolonged drouth of the late
summer and fall has drawn heavily on
the Pleasant Valley reservoir it has
not yet been necessary to draw upon
the immense reserve supply at Sunset
lake. In North Adams, on the other
hand, the situation is extremely serious.
One big reservoir which has supplied
the city is dry and the artesian wells
on which the city depends in part APP
pear to be giving out also. Water for
domestic purposes may be drawn only
for half-hour in the morning and a
half-hOur in the evening, being shut off
ut all other times. In the town of Lee
the water from the regular reservoir
has been shut off, except for a short
time each morning, and there is talk of
closing some of the school buildings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

That old -fashioned mountain rule :
which called for the governor and the
lieutenant governor to be from opposite
sides of the state has been broken by
the Progressives. Both DR.. Aldrich and
Mr.. Crosby, nominees for governor and
lieutenant governor respectively of the
Progressive party, reside on the East
side. This is not the first precedent
that the Progressive party has broken
and there will quite likely be more of
them.-Burlington Clipper.
This is not going far in breaking
an absurd "rule.' The geographical
argument in politics is very weak, espe-
cially if it means that the superior
man is rejected simply for the reason
that some other person in his home To-
cality has previously held Office. Both
United States senators from New
Hampshire, Gallinger and Hollis, are
residents of Concord, but one is a Re
publican and the other a Democrat, At
one time, Chandleg and Gallinger,
both United States senators from the
Granite state were Republicans, and
they not only lived in the same city
but in the same ward. In New York
state representatives in Congress- have
frequently been chosen from districts
in which they were not residents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
Florian Mayr, Baron Won Wolfzogen.

Florian Mayr, Baron Won Wolfzogen.
This brilliant, humorous novel of
German musical life has been translat-
ed from the German by Z. Breck and
{. Genung. 1t pictures life in a musical
Bohemia in which Franz List and
the whole musical circle of his time
are the center. Florian is a young
pianist-delightfulEy unsophisticated-
and his hot, imPulsive spirit is con
tinually getting him into trouble; his
tiance, Fraulein Thekla, Hungarian,
and many minor characters afford the
fun. Baron Won WED is the only Sc
rious characters; he hates music with
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

The Boston Braves gained great pres
tige by their easy winning Of the first
game of the world s series, playing on
the home ground of their opponents
There never was time when New
England was so nearly united in con
test of this kind in hoping for the sue
cess of the Boston team. The way Cow
dy and Maranville came through with
the wailops against tine Athletics
crack pitchers, particularly the redoubt-
able Bender, who is credited with
having lost only three games in the
American league this year, was
.disconcerting to the Philadelphia fans.
The best thing about the Braves is
that they have the fighting spirit. even
if they lack the experience which so
many prophets of the game thought
would be their undoing. Watch for
the full account of the games each day
in the special baseball edition Of The
Reformer. And remember what we
have said before about the Braves:
They re the boys.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. Arthur Miller is i'll with
humps.
Monday being Columbus day, the
schools will be closed
Mr.. Blleom of Oxford, Mass, is a
guest of Mrs. Martha Smith a few
days.
Forty couples were at the dance at
Academy hall last evening and had a
very enjoyable time. Music was fur
nished by Wales and Dugan.
Mrs. Fred Beturney and infant son
left the Melrose hospital Yesterday and
went to their home on Elliot street.
Miss Eleanor Austin is improving each
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

1t is big wheat harvest, big
corn harvest and Il big oat harvest that
the country has this year, but the
world will need all the grain we have
to spare,..T There will be no surplus to
carry over to next year s harvest If
the war runs into next summer, as in
all probability it will do, the demand
for our grain will be even greater
next year than it is now, for Europe 5
crop will necessarily be much shorter.
American farmers will not be afraid to
increase their acreage for the coming
crop, wherever they have suitable land
and facilities for cultivating it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Mrs. Frank Leslie 5 nephew is trying
to break her will that gives million
dollars to the cause of woman S suf-
frage. The nephew's lawyer accuses
Mrs. Leslie of mental incompeteney
and says she never had the slightest in
terest in woman suffrage. What a
judgment on woman like Mrs. Leslie,
who by her sheer ability and brilliancy
combined with honesty made a great
fortune and cleared up the debts of her
husband. To be called mentally in
competent by an understanding rela-
tive who wants the money that the
mental incompetence earned!'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

all his might and calls it soulless
jelly fish and characterizes the whole
music cult as ''simply Il disease of
modern civilization
7. Pollard in his Masks and Min
strels'' says this of f. Won Wolfzogen:
- For sheer versatility no artist of
modern times has surpassed Won Wolf
zogen. Stories, novels, plays gay and
plays tragic have poured from him in
an incessant stream. He has been
actor manager, poet, composer, novelist,
militant minstrel and many other
things
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
Binds Vermont More Closely Together.
lBarrC Timcs.l

Two better acquaintance tours of
Vermont business men have been
held during the present week, Bur
lington men going by automobile
through central and northeastern
Vermont to Newport and return
and Brattleboro men going to Man
chester and Rutland in western
Vermont. These trips aid in binding
Vermont more closely together and,
indirectly, in advancing the business
interests of the state; and hence
they ought to be encouraged in 9th
er places. In addition, the trip of
two days makes pleasant recreation
for the business man who other
wise would not feel that he could get
away from business.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
Working the Newspapers.

The present Republican state com
mittee is the most successful or.
ganization in recent years, in one
respect, at least. 1t is "working'
many Vermont newspapers for more
valuable space (the stock in trade OF
a newspaper) without money and with
out price than any of its predecessors
in recent years. OF course. its the
newspapers own affair if they want tc
give away their stock in trade. and
the state committee is not to be criticiz
ed, but rather to be congratulated, or
securing all the free advertising - fol
advertising it is, pure and simple. The
committee would deserve to have 9
commission to determine its menta
condition if it would pay for goods il
could secure without price. The men
tai status of the newspapers is anoth
er matter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

You Never Know Your Luck, 6. Par
ker
We are glad that Gilbert Parker, af-
ter wandering for many years in 9th,
er parts of the world for material for
his novels, has returned to the Canadi,
an prairies and gives us real story
full of movement and life. The New
York Times book review says this OF
the heroine: "Kitty lyman, the golden
incarnation of the wheatfelds, is the
dearest, bravest and most loveable her
oine in many a long day. Kitty, sc
sweet and JOYOUS and warm hearted
quick of wit and tongue, sublimely un.
selfish in her love, making her great
sacrifice with laugh and a jest. Her
phrase, Courage, soldier will not be
forgotten.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
The Duchess of Wrexe, H. Walpole.

The Duchess of Wrexe, II. Walpole.
One of the best novels Of the year;
records the struggle of the dying Eng
lish Autocracy against the high tide
Of a splendid oncoming Democracy. The
old Duchess is a wonderful creation
she sits in her high carved chair, Gin
domitable, remorseless, unhumorous,
proud but the struggle is to the
young and she dies fearing for the flu
ture which they face with full conf
dence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
The Burden of Woman, Ii. Pryce.

The Burden of a Woman, Ii. Pryce
y story in which the characters OF
two women living in little Welsh vii
iage, are in strong contrast. One, a
loveable, refined woman, SHINING
through weakness, who, by 10 years of
righteous living, has proved her right
to be regarded "good' woman; the
ether, vicious minded girl whose
goodness is due to lack of opportunity
to sim
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
Member of the Associated Press.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914.

Among the candidates who passed
examinations to the Vermont bar
Thursday was Robert w. McCuen OF
Ncrgennes, who thus may be said to
have graduated from the newspaper
profession.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
EXCURSION TO BOSTON
VIA
Central Vermont Railway and Palmer
Monday, October IL, 1914

Fare from Newfane $3.50; Williams
vile $4.15; Brattleboro, 1915; South
Vernon 1915; Mortified, Mass, 1905.
Tickets good going on all trains De-
tober u; final return limit Oct. 10
See flyers for further particulars.
On October Il, train No. | due at
Brattleboro at 9.45 p. m, will be held
at Palmer to make connection with the
Boston & Albany train, leaving Bos-
ton at $50 p. m, due at Palmer at
S.03 p. m.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
Clarks Field, r. Herrick.

Clarks Field is in the center of a
great city and suddenly brings enor-
nous wealth to a Young poverty
stricken girl of Is. She has no gifts
Of mind or heart and it takes years
of life-during which she squanders
her riches, makes a loveless .na~ .iage.
loses her daughter by tra2il death
to make her realize that wealth is a
sacred trust to be used for the good
of others and not for herself alone.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night, and it solicits the
cooperation of subscribers to that end.
Prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person, by
telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

day at he hospital from her operation
for Appendicitis. Mrs. A. b. Martin Of
Ticonderoga, n. Y. is resting com
foTtably Ut the hospital.
Leon Mixer will return tonight from
Halifax, where he has been several
days harvesting his crops. While there
he visited Lis great-aunt, Mrs. Diantha
Whitney.
Mr. and Mrs. f. R. Mann and Mrs
II. +. Weatherhcad accompanied !.
Earl Mann and family Yesterday af-
ternoon to West Townshend, making
the trip by automobile.
Why not give iron crosses for the
brave things in time Ct peace? Some
women would be wearing a ton Of
of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Last week there was placed on exhi-
bition by Guy Marsh in Augusta, Me.
Il freak group of corn which consists of
eight ears on one stem, seven of them
grouped around the largest one, and all
in good condition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Refractory Husbands, NJ. 5. Cutting.
Nine short stories of suburban life,
telling about the troubles of wives over
husbands who love to joke, who win
not 20 to church, who are so close
mouthcd at home, who hate new clothes
and so on through the list that vcxed
wives know by heart.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Look at the boys in your own home,
or on the lads anywhere who are near
Il draft like that planned in Germany
would mean if applied in this country.
The Prussian minister of education has
issued a decree authorizing the head
masters of elementary and secondary
state schools to take necessary meas
ures in conjunction with military au-
thorities to raise a reserve army con
sisting of boys between the ages of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
At the Library
NEW FICTION

Bobbie, General Manager, o. II. Prou
ty.
A wholesome story chronicling the
daily experience of the eldest daughter
who manages her motherless family
of six from early girlhood until he:
own marriage. CA good story to read
aloud.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Captain Prothero 5 Fortune, o. Ken
dali.
y divrting sea story - told by the
matc-of how Captain Hawks sails
from San Francisco to the Arctic to
salvage a wreck, and the many ad-
ventures which befall him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

The Browns, J. E. Buckrose.
The destruction of a will furnishes
the plot in this cheerful tale of every
day folks and their daily doings in a
little English town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Hocken and Hunken, \. Quiller-Couch.
An amusing tale of two elderly sea
captains who retire on a competence
to the quaint Cornish seaport, Troy,
where, sad to relate, they find they are
not too old to fall in love.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

Guinea Gold, B. Grimshaw
most absorbing story of love and
la search for gold in the strange bar
barrie waters and forests of New Gui
nca.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

North of 81, b. Sinclair.
y story of Canadian life, voicing a
protest against the conventionalities of
modern life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
TO ADVERTISERS

Transient advertising-Run or paper,
so cents an inch for first insertion; 25
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on the first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertiseme - Five cents
line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy
Reading Notices-Ten cents a line first
Insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change
of copy.
Position, 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10

An Opportunity for
Household Economy

The great advance in price Of cream Of tartar
which is derived from grapes-due to inability TO
care for and market the grape crop In the European
countries at war; can be made advantageous to
the housewives of New England
Housekeepers will find it more economical
and much satisfactory to use Royal Baking
Powder which is made from highly refined, pure
cream of tartar. First, because the price Of Royal
has not been changed and it will do perfect work;
second, because food made with Royal Baking
Powder will be finer and palatable; and
finally, because it insures the absence of all danger
from alum or similar unwholesome products.
The od-fashioned custom Of buying cream of
tartar and mixing it with soda, or using sour milk,
may be discarded with profit. The high cost and
scarcity of cream of tartar furnishes temptation
to unscrupuous dealers substitute an adulerated
product, which may be either lime phosphates or
alum. that will change the baking strength and
may spoil the food.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-10
Che 3rattlrboro grformer

Entered in the postoffice at Brattleboro,
VT, as second class matter.
| The Reformer's Telephone Number Is
I27
for Business Office and Editorial Rooms
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-23

Isaiah G. Streeter of Terrace
street, senior vice commander of Sedg-
wick post, q New Hampshire volunteer
in the war, saws that he was hit twice,
but was not wounded, and that while
his regiment did not see as many en-
eagements as some did during three
years of service he is willing to back
his statement that they did more march
ing in the same time than did most of
the others Mr.. Streeter owing to i'll
ness and to special assignments, did not
see as much service as some others of
his regiment but what. he did encoun-
ter was of the kind that sticks in his
memory.
Isaiah Cassius Streeter was born in
North Hinsdale, \. H., Oct. IL, 1913
one. of 10 children born to Levi and
Nashti (Hubbard) Streeter His father
lived to be 100 years, six months and
l. days old, and until three days be
fore his death he never knew what il
was to be confined in bed because OF
illness.
Mr.. Strcetcr remained on the farm
in North TIinsdale until he went tt
Hinsdalc and enlisted Sept. ,, 1862, il
the l4th New Hampshire regiment, be
ing not quite 10 years old He wa
assigned to Company \, and that an,
other companies Of the regiment mo
| bilized ut Concord and from there
were sent to Washington, where the,
went into their first engagements n
! Winchester Fisher S hill and Cedal
Creek.
1t was 1T Winchester or the battl
of Opequon that Mr.. Streeter says
with = smile, he WAS hit twice. II
| bail on his haYersaek which, during tn
struggle, became partially t,iisplacel
AMI under his right arm. hulle
struck tlht aud about the same tim
another bullet removed the sole of hi
left shoe The bullet that struck hi
havcrsack he preserved as a mement
OF his first engagement.
lie was one Of the thousands OF me
who wcr,s asleep in their tents carly .
that morning when SHERIDAN YaS :
miles away, and he says that hP ii
not lose any more time than VA
necessary in getting out and mOvin
as rapidly as possible towards the rea
But like the others he saw Sherida
when that famous fire eater cam
charging back on his black horse, an
like the others he followed him IN
that night slept AGAIN in the tent frol
which he and his comrades had bee
driven early that morning.