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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
TWO YEARS IN PRISON.
Judge Miles Sentenced Man Who Made
Break at Northfield Falls

MONTPELIER, Dee %. Adloid
Dupont, charged with breaking into
the Cross store at Northfeld Falls Sat
urday night, pleaded guilty Thursday IN
Washington county court. Judge Miles
sentenced him to the state prison at
Windsor for not more than two years,
nor less than l. months. Dupont plead
ell not guilty earlier in the week.
Judge Miles, in the case of Laird and
others against the towns of Cabot and
Marshfeld, known as the road ease,
sent the ease back to the commissioners
for further investigation and report.
The commission is made up of y. ID.
Page, y L. Hewitt ann Fred +. Glea-
son, the commission being divided, the
latter member being in the minority.
In the recommitment numerous ques-
tions for Investigation are mentioned
Including cost Of the proposed road
people it would benefit and the cost
ITO each individual. Motion to strike
out was denied by the court. The com
mission is ordered to file the answers
on or before January 10, 1918.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
Defendants Say Their Rights
Were Abridged by the
Special Master
WOULD PUT IN
MORE TESTIMONY
Brattleboro Concern Says 1t Is Too
Late to Reopen Case and that Con
spiracy Took Place Subsequent to the
Rutland Agreement

Arguments We're made before Chan
cell0r +. NJ. Butler OF Rutland in the
Qunicipal court this forenoon on the
motion of the defendants, James r.
Hooker, William IT, Corser and Charles
ID. Whitaker of Schenectady. y. Y. for
permission To amend their answer to
the bill of complaint of the Hooker.
Corser 4 Mitchell company Of Brattle-
bofO, Of which they formerly were
members. The motion is important. and
II granted 1t would open the way Tor
taking moro testimony and keeping the
ease in court probably several wears
more. III. G. & F. f. Barber and G.
N. Miller appeared for the defendants
and G. G. Fits anG r. c. Bacon for the
orator company
The claim OF the defendants coun-
sci Is that at the hearing in Rntland
when the defendants gave William II
Proctor the option of bnying their
stock at $40 4 share or selling his
stock ut the same price. tho verbal
agreement and understanding bv every
body concerned was that the party sell
ing out should have a right 10 engage
IN the same business and 10 hire such
help as cared to 90 with the purchaser
and to do business with customers any
where, whether it be the then present
customers of the company or new ones
They offered aliidavits of all three de
PENDANTS TO the effect that the under.
standing WAS rs here stated. and agreed
to furnish alidayits of !. G. Sargent
and ". B. G. Stieknev. counsel for the
defendants al that time. of n like ten
Or. The chancellor said lie would hear
the atlidavitS. but would not saw ther
whether he would consider them or not
The supreme court has decided that
the defendants were liable for dana &c,
for hiring away help and getting busi
| ness away from the orator, but the de
PENDANTS claim that they were un iustl,
denied by the special master the right
to introduce as evidence the converse
tlon between the parties and theil
counsel at the time OF the Rutlan,
agreement, and that they are entitled
| 10 remedy even il no exception wa:
taken when the special master ruled
against them.
Mr.. Fits, arguing for the orator
said the defendants were barking N
the wrong tree, that the defendant
| were not entitled III this late date tt
| raise any such Issue as they now rails,
| and that had the defendants KEEP
their hands clean during the 80 dav
/ allowed Mr.. Proctor in which to de
eide whether 10 sell his stock or bu,
| the stock of the defendants Their
| would have been no question of dam
ages. He said the conspiracy to in
lure Proctor by the various method
complained of took place during thos
30 days, subsequent to the agreement
| as shown by the records
Another hearing on the assessment o
damages, a phase of the ease whicl
has been in progress in Rutland. vii
be held Monday before Special Maste
Vt. c. Webber.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
GUsTAvE H. GRIMM DEAD.
Rutland Man Was Pioneer Manufactur-
er of SUGAR Making Tools.

RUTLAND, Dee 26. = Gustave Hen
~ Grimm, n pioneer in the manufac-
ture Of maple su9ar-making apparatus.
died Tuesday night of general Paraly-
sis.
Mr. Grimm was born in Germany
March I, 1850, and came TO this coun-
try while a young man. He first loeat-
ed at Hudson, O.. and started in bust
ness there. lie came to this city %
wears ago, started his present estab-
lishment and plant of the same ma
ture in Montreal. The plant is the
largest maker Of maple sugar supplies
in the country.
Mr.. Grimm was member of Bedford
lodge, F. and r. NJ, OF Hudson. Ohio
Of Killington Commandery, Knights
Templars, of this city, and of Vermont
lodge, Knights of Pythias. of Rutland.
He was director of the Numerica
company Of this city. the Rutland
Garage company and the Backns com
.pany of Brandon He leaves his wife
daughter and a brother, +. \. Grimm
.of Cleveland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
TURKS ATTACK
AMERICAN SHIP
The Bombardment of TripoIi, Syria, Is Threatened
by an American Cruiser ItaIys Occupation of
Albanian Port Opens Up Possibilities of Com
pCationS

The hombardment by an American cruis-
er OF the Turkish port Of Tripoli. Syria, is
said at Athens To have been threatened
on account Of an attack by Turks on the
crew of an American merchantmen on
which British and French citizens desired
TO depart.
The incomplete reports received from
Athens state that the threat queled the
attack The cruiser Tennessee has been
in the eastern Mediterranean for several
months and was last reported not far
from Tlipoh.
Italy's occupation OF the Albanian port
of Aylona was believed to open up posi-
hiitics OF complications which might
make it difficult for the Rome government
To maintain its neutrality.
Bulgaria was represented in dispatches
from Paris as having given assurances
tiat she would remain neutral, relieving
Roumauia frcm the fear of am attack from
that quarter should size enter the war
Dispatches from Chill say that the last
Of what was once Germany's Pacific squad
ron was fighting to save herself from the
same fate as her four sister ships The
German cruiser Dresden and a converted
cruiser was said to have been engaged
with the British cruiser Newcastle off the
foot of Valparaiso,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
GRENADE ATTACKS
IN WESTERN AREA
Christmas Brought No Rest to the
Embattled European Armies
Revolution in Albania.

LONDON. Dee. 26.-Chrstmas brought
no rest to the embattled European armies.
1t found the Russians still fighting despe1
ately in the SHOWS OF Poland against the
fierce attacks Of the German and Austrian
allies; Przemysl still in the grip OF the
invading army; the French making spas
modic thrusts against the long German
lines Of trenches in northern and north
eastern France, and the British and Bel
gians engaged in almost hand-to-hand war
fare against the German trenches in West
Belgium
In Flanders things Were generally
quiet" sa,s the German bulletin. The
French report speaks OF intermittent artil-
lery firing there. The French claim sev-
eral successes along The center and eastern
lines, while the Germans declare they
have taken the second British trenches
in Belgium Both allies assert they have
repulsed attacks at various points, which
indicates that the feeling process IS in
progress all along the lines.
So close are the trenches of the allies
and the Germans at many points that
arenadcs since it Is impossible for the
men to expose themselves, even to 50 small
a degree as would be necessary for the use
Of their rifles.
There have been informal truees be
tween the lines According to a British
eyewitness. Tor many weeks for miles
along the battle lines the dead have lain
a- they fell. There are eruesome accounts
| Of bodies held erect by the barhed wines
and sroutssf4p over them ef nights
| A violent revolution has broken out in
Albania against Essad paSha, whom Tur
/ key established as ruler there when the
Ottoman government broke into the Euro
| Ipean war. EsSad PaSha's palace at Tirana
ha- been pilaged and burned. Massacre,
are reported.
| The Italian government has landed sail
ors from the wmships at the princpa
| Albanian port Of Aylona to restore order
and protect Europeans and the peaceful
| inhabitants. Italian Intervention may EN-
broil Italy with her recent foe, Turkey
and holds possibilities Of farrcachins re
suits
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
MERCURY READ
TIME TO SILVER
Registered from 20 to 80 Below in
This Town-34 at South London
derry-Co1der Tomorrow.

There was no need for anyone leav-
ing the protection of warm bed cloth
ing this morning and inspecting a
thermometer to learn that it was cold.
Those who did inspect those instru-
ments, whose main purpose is to pro
vide mental suggestion that said in
speetors are uncomfortable, discovered
the mercury to be located anywhere
between the o0-below-zero mark and
the point where it temporarily disap-
pears from sight in the bottom Of the
bulb.
The standard thermometer of Ferris
r. Vaughan recorded % below and at
$50 this morning it registered Is be
low. At the top of Canal street hill
the mercury soon after daylight was
only 2S below, while West BrattleborC
proudly emerged from the bedelothe:
with the statement that 33 below wa.
going some. But South Londonderry
went that boastful point one bette
with a record of 81 below
While many are inclined to believ,
that this is some chilly weather, tn,
| weather predictions call for .'colder ;
| tomorrow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
VILLAS FORCES DRIVE
ENEMY AT VERA CRUZ
Fighting with Carranza s Men i'll the
Outskirts of the City-zapata'
Followers Defeated.

ERA CRUZ, Dec. 26.-Fighting has
occurred between the adherents of
Gen. Carranz;, and those of Gen. Villa
in the outskirts of Vera Cruz. The
Villa forces, in an unkncwm number
are advancing while the Carranza
forces have been obliged to fall back
A strict censorship has been en-
forced.
Gen. Carranza has received news
from Tampico that followers Of Gen.
Villa had been defeated Mt Ebana sta
ton. near Tampico. The news officially
given to the press was that in the at
tack by the Villa adherents one of the
Cedlllo brothers, who was acknowlcdg.
ed to bc a fighter Of Importance and
who was formerly with Carranza, was
killed and that the Villa force is said
| 20 have lost heavily. 1t was added
that three cannons aud n few machine
guns were taken by Carranza s mon.
The defeat of followers of Zapata
| near Apizaco, state Of Tlaxeala anc
the recovery Of Tlaxcala, capital ot
| the state of the same name, were of
ticially announced tonight. The line
Of fighting at Apizaeo are said to hav,
| extended about seven miles The cas-
Qualities Of the Zapata force are estimat
cd to have been at least 600. The res
OF the defeated soldiers fled to safet,
III tho foothills of the Sierra Malincho
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
FIGHT IN THE AIR.
One German and Two English Aero
planes in Spectacular Battle.

SOUTIIEND-ON-S SEA, England, via.
London. Dee 26.-The spectacle of u
fight ia the air. witnessed on Christ
mas afternoon by thousands Of spec
tators, was one which years ago would
have been considered one of the Wild
est imaginings Of fiction.
Three aeroplanes. one n German and
two British. were flying overhead at
10 miles an hour, almost Il mile high
in the air. The German Taube was
moving more swiftly than the others,
which swung above it. The British
were splitting fire. while the German
was unable to reply on account of the
strategic position Of her pursucrs.
When the German first came in sight
the anti-aircraft guns fired several
shots. but after the British aeroplaHcs
took chase it was impossible TO fire
without danger of hitting them.
The spectacle lasted only five min
utc,. The German lodged and twist
cd-in an effort to escape. but the Brit
ish were on beth sides pouring in rapid
vollevs. The speed ut which the aero
planes were travelling made the aim
uncertain, but one Of the British ma
chimes swooped down close to the Ger
man ana pumped in several shots al
close range.
far as the people on the water front
could see no damage was done OF
either side.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
Lumber Plant of Pope &
Cottle Destroyed and En-
tire City Threatened
HELP SUMMONED
FROM SEVERAL CITIES
Fire Blocks All Traffic Over the Bos-
ton & Maine Line Between Boston
& Lynn - Firemen Injured in the
Fail of : Pile of Lumber

CHELSEA, Mass. Dec. IS. The
lumber plant of Pope & CottIe on Car
ter street adjoining the main line of
the eastern division of the Boston &
Maine railroad was swept by fire to
day with loss Of Sl25,00 The local
fire department, aided by others from
Boston. Everett, Revere and Lynn
prevented the flames from sweeping
across the city, although a stiff wind
was blowing
The fire cleaned out a 200-foot
building, business offices, stables and
lumber piles Of the Pope & Cottlc
plant, destroyed two steam cranes OF
the railroad and damaged a small
building of the Atwood 4 ATcManus
box factory adjoining. Lumber piles
in the Atwood Il McManus yard also
were damaged.
The Pope & Cottle firm escaped the
eonilagration of 1905 only TO suffer a
heavy fire loss 4 few months later.
The fire blocked all traffic between
Lynn and Boston over the main line
and through trains were despatched by
way of the Saugus branch.
A number Of telephone cables lead
ing from Boston to points along the
north shore rs far as Newburyport
were crippled by the poles burning
One fireman was hurt when a pile
of lumber toppled over ON him. The
blaze is said to have started in the
boiler room al the Atwood & CottlC
plant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
PROMPT DELIVERY
OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Unusually Heavy Parcel Post Business
Handled with Delayed
Packages Now Arriving.

The local post Office was Justly
pleased with It's collective self yester.
day when before noon the last Of the
parcel post packages that hal been re-
eeiveel during the holiday rush inclnd-
ing consignments that arrived on tho
owl train southbound and the morn
ing mail train from the south. had
been piled on the teams and were on
their way to final delivery
At go p. m. Thursday, the biggest
dav Of the season. superintendent of
mails j. L. Leach had cleared the of.
fee of every parcel post package that
had arrived, little or big, pressing -four
teams into service.
It was the biggest season in the his.
tory of the post office. duo to the
much more extensive use Of the parcel
post service than ever before while
the first class mail matter handled al
so was larger than il has been before
The express company noted q great
falling off in receipts ON the day be
fore the holiday and the force was
therefore permitted to catch mp anC
make deliveries of everything that
came in, including the bulk Of the fna
rush on the morning trains. If tn,
packages reached Brattleboro before II
o clock Christmas morning they were
| loaded on teams and started for thei
different destinations. Some delays, il
the receipt of expected packages by
those to whom they were addressed arr
attributable to non-receipt at the of
flee here, the delays having been some
whore along the route.
Many delayed packages are arrivin;
at the postol1ce and express Office to
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
SHEEP INDUSTRY
TO BE DISCUSSED
New Hampshire Sheep Breeders AS
sociation to Meet in Keene Wed
nesday, Dec 30-the Program.
y I7NNIUI . = IN httI u IIIVI-
KEEN f.. n. H.. Dee. 26.


The seventh annual meeting of the
New Hampshire Sheep Breeder S asso-
ciation will be held in this city Dee
80. in Foresters hail. The meeting
Will be called TO order by the presi-
dent, Sidney &. Ellis of this city Men
prominent in sheep raising will be
among the speakers of the afternoon
and evening.
The important questions Of breeding,
feeding and handling sheep for profit
will be generally discussed. 1t is ex-
pected that a great deal Of attention
viii be given to the question of the
destruction Of the sheep by dogs and
laws for sheep protection and the con
fnement Of dogs during the pasturage
season.
The following program will be car-
ried ont: Afternoon address Of wei
comc, President Sidney c. Ellis of
keene; response. W. G. Leonard Of
Walpole; sole. W. w. Nye Of Keene
The Experience Of Practical Breeder.
r. c. Daniels of Plainfeld; piano So
Io. Paul Lawrence of Keene; Ny Views
Iof the Sheep Industry. Rev. NJ. L.
Cutler Of East Jaffrey; The Sheep In
dustry in New Mexico. +. y. Morgans
|of Keene. president Of the Cheshire
'County Farmers association: Sheep
Raising vs.. Dairying, Fred Rogers OF
Claremont. The business meeting viii
follow and banquet viii he served.
Evening session: Music by Ches-
hire Grange choir; address, Mayor II.
+. Fay; Outlook for the Future Devel-
opment OF the Sheep Industry, Andrew
II. Felker, commissioner Of agriculture
for New Hampshire; solo, ". ". Nye
.of Keene; Cheshire County Farmers
Attitude Toward the Sheep Industry,
f. Y. Darling, county agent; The I,e-
feline of the Sheep Industry and It's
Rcdevelopment, Charles W. Stone, vice
director experiment station at Dur
ham; Why I Am Interested in Sheep.
Dr. f. G. Stowell of Dublin. An open
discussion on the sheep industry and
any of its phases viii follow
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
WHILE
ANSWERING CALL
DR.. F. G. Brigham Probably Fatally
Wounded in Springfield, Mass. =
Formerly of Jamaica.

SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 26.-While an
swering hurry call received over the
telephone early yesterday morning DR..
G. Fred Brigham, aged ~, OF 1872 Wal
nut street was probably fatally stab
he'd by an unknown man as he turned
the corner Of Central into Ashmun
street.
The assailant. who it is thought,
ured him TO the place escaped, but the
police have fair description of him.
. Hello, DOCTOR exclaimed the man
as he met the physician. Then the
knife man, who held his right hand
behind him plunged an unusually long
stlletto into the doctor. the instrument
entering the lower part of the stomach
and coming out through the back.
Dr. Brigham managed TO walk 4 few
doors to an apartment ut So Central
street, whore Miss Joconia, a nurse.
lives He entered the vestibuIe and
then fell exhausted from loss Of blood
Miss Joeonia summoned DR. J. r.
Streeter. who had Dr. Brigham re-
moved TO the Springfield hospital lie
was unconscious when he arrived and
the hospital surgeons who operated on
him fear peritonitiS and do not look
for his recovery.
iA4t HbtAtt were Oil LHt SttHt VIII
ambulance before Dr. Brigham entirely
The police were on the scene with the
| assailant was thick set, swarthy and
wore a mustache. He did not know
the young man and had never seen him
before. After the stabbing the man
ran behind a building and disappear
! ed. DR.. Brigham said he couid not
think Of any motive for the crime
The call the doctor received. it wa.
said, was for a maternity case on Ash
mum street. On going 10 the number
given the doctor over The telephone
the police found that no such number
existed. They are inclined to the be
| lief that more than one is implicated
| in the case.
a story which came TO the polico
that the doctor drove to Ashmun street
in his automobile, and that he wa,
| dragged from it and robbed is with
out foundation The fact is that h,
| left his car at home and walked t,
| Ashmun street, which was only shor
distance from his Office.
Dr. Brigham has been practicing il
this city for about seven or eigh
wears, during the last five and one
half years at his present home, 10.
Walnut street. He was formerly il
| jamaica, VT, for number Of year
and went from there to Westfeld
whore he stayed for about two year
before he came to this city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
RECoNCILED BY DAUGHTER.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Scales Reunited
in Court Room at Montpelier.

MONTPELIER, Dec. 26.-A Christ
mas reconciliation was affected in
Washington county court Thursday,
when Robert Scales, his wife and their
5-year old daughter, Florence, of An
dover, y. H., were reunited.
Mrs. Scales came TO Warren some
time ago TO do domestic work. Recently
her husbands counsel secured hab-
.eas corpus writ from Judge Willard w.
Miles for the possession Of the child
|and Wednesday night the officer, moth
er and child arrived here. Thursday
the three met in the court room and
after the parents decided to live TO
|gether and departed for their homes.
The reconciliation was brought about
Ihy the child who did not want to leave
her mother.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOUND NO BLAZE
Called Out in Dead of Night with
Temperature Far Below Zero
Alarm Was from Box No. Is.

4 man who Was lacking in the Christ
mas spirit was mean enough TO pull the
fremen out of warm beds this morning
about ! O'Clock by sounding a false
alarm from box Is, located at the end
of the car line in the Fort Dummer
district. The fire truck and other ap-
paraus responded, and the callmen
were hurrying from all over the village
with the thermometer showing the tenn
perature TO be many degrees below zero
when Fire Chief Sanders sounded the
|all-out signal There WAS no sign of
4 fire and no one was in sight when
the apparatus pulled up at the box
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
AT MASONIC TEMPLE.

4 special couvocation Of Bingham
chapter, No. 80 Order Of Eastern star
will bc held IN Masonic temple Mon
day evening, Dec. 2S. at 80 O'Clock.
BUSINESS Initiation.
4 series Of five soeials, as in pre-
vious winters, will be given in Ma
sonic temple, the first taking place
Wednesday evening, Dee. 80. All Ma
sons are cordially invited to attend
Tickets may be procured from the fol
lowing committee: r. W. Taber, J. =
Leach. !. e. skinner, G, +. Merrill y
Wales.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
So SUPREME COURT CASES.
January Term to Convene at Montpel-
Ter on Fifth.

MONTPELIER, Dec. 26.-The trial
calendar OF the January term Of the
Supreme court, which convenes in this
city the 9Th, one day before the ses-
sion Of legislature, contains - cases:
six of which are state cases. or the
Chitteuden county eases the city of
Burlington is defendant In three eases,
two for negligence. The eases set for
hearing by counties follow: Addison
county, >; Rutland, 1; Caledonia, 8;
Chittenden, II; Franklin, g. Lamoille,
8; Windsor. ;; Washington, 3; (second
week. Orange, Z; Orleans, ); Wind
ham, &
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
s1O,ooo.ooo FOR COLLEGES.
University of Vermont and Middle
bury Among the Beneficiaries.

Ten millions has been apportioned to
colleges by the general education board
which administers the John d. Rocke
feller fund.
Western colleges get $3,967,0 goo,
southern $3,052, 900, and Eastern and
Middle states $500, 600. With this sum
Of $lo,5S2,59l, the report gives $50,
3S4,32 as the sum to be raised toward
which the board 5 appropriations are a
part.
Smith college, Wellesley, Yale, Bryn
Mawr, Wesleyan, Washington and JEFF
ferson. Williams, Mount Holyoke and
Allegheny are the institutions getting
the largest gifts.
The University of Vermont receives
$100.000 and Aiddlebury $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-26
1000 ATTENDED EXERCISES.
Bennington Citizens Take Part in Com
munity Christmas.

BENNINGTON, Dee. &c. = In spite
of the zero temperature nearly 1000
people gathered on the common in front
Of the graded school to take part in
the community Christmas tree exer-
cfses Yesterday afternoon.
At 5 o clock the bells of the churches
were tollcd and at the close of tho
sautation the switch was turned fol
tile electric lighting Of the tree. Tho
exercises were carried out by the Ben
niugton Civic league.